city officials say they're working to improve the city's credit profile. iowa city is focusing on a new east side sports complex that could bring more recreational sports to the area. the hope is to transform about 75-acres of city owned farmland at taft avenue and 420th street southeast into recreational space. the idea comes after recent flooding forced tennis courts and baseball diamonds in lower city park to close for much of the summer in 2013 and 2014. project leaders hope to have a draft of the new east side sports complex out sometime in the next month. it will likely include more

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the city of dubuque and the university of iowa are set to use a federal grant to try to improve the city's air quality. the environmental protection agency has provided a 91-thousand dollar grant to the university. officials say they'll use the money to buy monitors to track dubuque's air quality. the university will also train businesses, nonprofits, colleges and high hools to use the monitors. the city and university hope upcoming workshops will spur residents to take action to curb air pollution. presidential hopeful ben carson isisthreatening to leave the republican party. he issued a statement this morning condemning reports party insiders are discussing a deal to pick the g-o-p presidential nominee at the republican national convention. carson spoke to reporters about it at a campaign stop in burlington. doing anything that is deceptive and under the covers and that thwarts the will of the people.

improvements will certaionly adress those safety and infrastructure issues and will create a modern system for decades to come" nat's: pothole crew and while the the bill ensures funding for federal projects ... the city received 3.1 million in state funds and 3.6 million in federal funding during last years fiscal year to improve sioux city's inffrastructure. an important part fixing potholes. sot: "it doesn't look good for spring time fofo worst ththwinter ... the worst potholes we have. last winter we didn't have nearly as many." and with the weather being as it is ... a lot of work might be ahead of them ... sot: "the weather always dictates how you are going to deal with potholes. we had a really bad spring .. so what we have gained we lost. lukas: and while we didn't have any new information if sioux city's transportation funding will be adjusted in light of what you just heard ... city crews that i met with this morning were very optimistic that they are up to theheask and ... asas matter of fact ... got done with plowing our snowy streets ... they got to .. making our ride a little less bumpy. reporting live in studio lukas voss abc9 news. jenna: ho-chunk capital announced big plans for siouxl

city's high debt profifi and liabilities. those include ownership of arts center, officials say they're working to improve the city's credit profile. an iowa state university survey says farmland values have declined for a second year in a row. the survey shows iowa farmland values year. the report says farmlmld values dropped to a statewide average of about 76-hundred dollars an acre. that's down from,a peak of 87-hundred dollars per acre in 2013. the researcher says stagnant commodity ices and declining farm income means values soon. but he says they're still almost 14 percent highethan 2011 values. values dropped in all counties except allamakee, clayton, and dubuque. a temporary homeless shelter in iowa city has picked up right where it left it's full. last night was the first night of operation for the temporary emergency shelter this year the shelter is inside an empty office building it provides an emergency place for people to stay who can't or won't stay at the city's only other facility for the homeless, the shelter house. the operators say st night they near c cacity. the temporary shelter will remain open through mid-m

since he took office, the deficit has been slashed and the city's credit rating has improved, but city hall has taken its lumps from some employees and in media reports. as important as the faraday deal is for the economy of north las vegas, it was also crucial to lee's political future. george knapp: it is a victory for you personally as well. john lee: the city is the real beneficiary. the region is the beneficiary. the people who will participate in the success of the whole valley. lawmakers huddled inside...and wild deer lounged around the grounds outside...govern or sandoval's key aides hammered out the final language in the bills. north las vegas was put on short leash fiscally and will have to get state aproval to issue bonds it would need to pay for growth. at one point during the faraday negotiations, according to i- team sources, company executives were asked whether faraday might be better off locating its factory up north...closer to the tesla megaplant now under construction. faraday never wavered, lee says. the company also ignored a whisper campaign meant to cast doubt a

. << with the growing economy in sioux city, there continues to be new additions and improvements made. some of that growth comes through studies approved by the city, city leaders say. "a lot of people often question why the city enters into these agreements for consultant studies and in large part because we don't have the expertise in house to perform the studies," said bob padmore, sioux city city manager. some consultants are local. others come all across the country. su "the consultant being used for the tyson events center study is from out-of-state. and tyson representatives say this gives them a look at similar facilities not only around the region, but around the country as well." "sioux city is not a huge market, but we can still get ideas from markets that are bigger than sioux city," said erika newton, said sioux city events & facilities executive not one of the major markets in the country, doesn't mean we can't use ideas from some of those bigger arenas here." the tyson events center was awarded 68-thousand dollars for a study to look at physical improvements, as well as

u-nanimously approved the pool commitee's recommendations to move forward with their plan to improve sioux city's public pools. the changes involve closing down leeds and cook pool after the 2016 season. both will be replaced by splash pads that are planned to be opened by the summer of 2017. lewis pool will close as soon as the new aquatic center in morningside is built and leif erikson pool will remain open until it is no longer able to operate. both the pool committe and members of the parks and recreation advisory board were excited the plan will be presented to city council ... after over a year of consideration. " the park board has really been engaged in this issue for a long time. they have been participated along the way. we have been talking about this issue for over a year now. the park board was prepared to make that decision." jessica rae: a meeting for city council to vote on the issue has been tentatively 4th of next year. jessica rae: several downtown flats are being build in th a bit of help from the state of f nebraska. risinger tells us " a state grant has helped three owners c

the city is asking people to snap a selfie, then send it out with their ideas of how to improve the city of boston. don't forget to use the hash tag, imagine boston. today the photo booth will be at the station. for a list of all locations, >> sounds like a cool idea.

todd: there will be more improvement outside city hall. on the west side, grand will shut down. it is one of the biggest transformations in east village history. grexit really is a bright future for this side of the river. todd: city hall and its parking lot should start shutting down this april. stacey: another big story we : the iowa state cyclones are number 2 in the country for the first time. stacey: scott reister begins our team coverage. scott: it's their highest ranking ever. the cyclones are two in the coaches poll number four in the , ap. no time to trip up now tonight against buffalo ryan the top teams in the nation. ryan: that #2 slot by the usa today coaches' poll marks the highest ranking in school history. we want to mention tonight even , with a record-setting ranking, the team and isu community keeping their thoughts with the head coach on the opposing side. >> i am really excited about that team. ryan: national powerhouse iowa state is experiencing an historic start to the season. >> i like that we're #2 in the coach's poll, you know, the people that actually k

unanimously approved the pool commitee's recommendations to move forward with their plan to improve sioux city's public pools. the changes involve closing down leeds and cook pool after the 2016 season. by splash pads that are planed to be opened by the summer of 2017. lewis pool will close as soon as the new aquatic center in morningside is built and leif erikson pool will remain open until it is no longer able to operate. both the pool committe and members of the parks and recreation advisory board were excited that the plan will be presented to city council ... after over a year of consideration. " the park board has really been engaged in this issue for a long time. they have been participated along the way. we have been talking about this issue for over a year now. the park board was prepared to make that decision." a meeting for city council to vote on the issue has been tentatively set for january 4th of next year. tim: christmas is right around the corner and that could mean an increase of theft the woodbury county sherrif's office says take some extra precaution when you order online...

city officials say they're working to improve the city's credit profile. iowa city is focusing on a new east side sports complex that could bring more recreational sports to the area. the hope is to transform about 75-acres of city owned farmland at taft avenue and 420th street southeast into recreational space. the idea comes after recent flooding forced tennis courts and baseball diamonds in lower city park to close for much of the summer in 2013 and 2014. project leaders hope to have a draft of the new east side sports complex out sometime in the next month. it will likely include more tennis courts, baseball diamonds and soccer fields. university of iowa officials are noticing a growing health problem on campus. through sometime next month. meteorologist justin gehrts updates our temperatures coming up in your first alert forecast. stay with tv9. temperatures will fall for the strong southwest winds continue up to 40 mph. the clouds are back, too. skies remain mostly cloudy tonight into tomorrow as cooler air settles in for the end of the week. we'll h

improvement. new home prices rising and 33 cities in november, nearly half of the 70 cities tracked by the governmentmprovement from october, proof that the government's relaxation policy is working. this chart will tell you how it is working. in march, we had the relaxation from the government on central property. peakingses,ut that started to dissipate and wayne. so what happened on september 30? the central government stepped in with more cuts to ease restrictions, then 33 cities. week aboutear this to make reducing new home inventories a key task of next week-- the politburo this set about to make reducing new home inventories a key task of next year. even president xi jinping has vowed to dissolve property inventories. yvonne: thank you so much. i do have one more question. we had a pessimistic china facebook. -- beige book. book surveysbeige about 2100 different companies in china. they are seeing economic conditions deteriorated during this current fourth quarter, more so than the third quarter. all weaker in the fourth quarter from the third quarter. it contradicts some of the sentiments we h

improvements will certaionly adress those safety and infrastructure issues and will crcrte a modern system for decades to come"e" nat's: pothole crew and while the the bill ensures funding for federal projects ... the city received 3.1 million in state funds and 3.6 in federal funding during last years fiscal year to improve sioux city's inffraructure. an important part fixing potholes. sot: "it doesn't look good for spring time for potholeses right now. theworst the winter ... the worst potholes we have. last winter we didn't have nearly as many." and with the weather being as it is ... a lot of work might be ahead of them ... sot: "the weather always dictates how you are going to deal with potholes. we had a really bad spring ... so what we have gained we lost. look a lot like christmas.....in washington d.c. the national christmas tree lighting ceremony was held yesterday. the first family was on hand for the event. actress reese witherspoon delivered the opening monologue. there were also performances by fall out b b and the coast t ard baba. but the biggggt star on hand may have been everybody's favorite diva... us. piggy. she sat down with the first lady to read twas the night before christmas. "m

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it needs expensive sewage and electrical improvements. the city hiked property taxes but has blocked the jissers from increasing rent to offset these hefty expenses.in 20-12, . . . after a decade of financial challenges, . . . the jissers filed paperwork to close their business. city bureaucrats fired back. the jissers could do so . . . but only if they staggering eight million dollars to spend as they please. oh, . . . by the way, . . . this figure could go higher, city officials warned the jissers.the city of palo alto's very restrictive development regulations have caused extreme housing shortages and mind-boggling costs. the median home value is nearly two and a-half million dollars. about 14 times the national median. the jissers operate the area's cheapest rental property. city officials have ordered them to pay the eight million dollars . . . or continue running the business. the city's actions are not only unconstitutional. they're immoral. but hey, . . . this is progressive california. and government bureaucrats. where insanity knows no b

know we've been taking it for a long time so it feels good to go up and have all this improvement," said south sioux city middle school eighth grade student, jagger horken. students say these test improvements will help them with their final map testing in the spring. and, they say it's also good preparation for a-c-ts have. the sioux city public museum has a new exhibit. it's called "when quality was higher than price: martin's, davidson's and pelletier's." it features the history of three local department stores dating back to the 1880s. the display features historical photos, memorabilia and fashion from the late 1800s through the 1940s. davidsons was the largest retail store in iowa in the 1920s-- attracting shoppers from all over the midwest. the store later became what we now know as younkers. the display is open through march 6th. still to come on sportsfource extra.... highlights from basketball games all over siouxland including bluff's thomas jefferson high. the wind combined with temps in 20s to keep it a very cool friday around siouxland. we and flurries rotating through the region although m

improvement in their homes. hopefully in a way that does not adversely affect somebody's financial situation, but in the long one approves their efficiency -- in the long run approves their efficiency. >> the city of des moines has improved its efficiency 15% since 2012. how did that happen? mr. cownie: we have been working on it for a period of time but we finally did our baseline studies that said where we were. we began to set goals and see all of our city buildings, and he remodels that were undertaken , we brought in lead architects and engineers to work with our city staff to figure out how it is we can make the best use of it. we have replaced boilers to be much more efficient than what the original ones were. in some cases, we have used geothermal to begin to change that. in the franklin library, we are also using photovoltaics and led lighting and natural lighting to begin to use, get the sources for lighting and power in that particular building, a dramatic savings there. we are testing every possible thing that we do, whether it is in the library's maintenance department, fire department, all those buildings we are pushing to be very energy efficient. >> updating and modernizing. mr.

city addresses. jessica rae: the park board has u-nanimously recommendations to move forward with their plan to improve sioux city's publili pools. involve closing down leeds and cook pool season. replaced by splash pads that opened by the summer of 2017. close as soon as center in morningside is built and leif erikson pool will remain longer able to operate. both the pool members of thehe recreatiti advisory board were excited the plan will be presented to city council ... after over a year of consideration. " the park board has really been engaged been participated have been talking about this issue for park board was prepared to make that decision." jessica rae: council to vote on the issue hasas been tentatively set for january 4th of next year. jessica rae: a local college student is being honored for his efforts to make farming safer... and a little easier. dollars richer. josh doering, a junior at morningside, participated in future founders u.pitch, a competition similar to abc's shark tata. students froro across the nation compete for a chance to win 5- thousand dollars. josh's invention calle

the policy aims to integrate residents into cities and improve the quality of existing housing for impoverished people. beijing and other cities are overpopulated with migrants from rural areas and the cities are plagued by severe traffic jams and air pollution. on the other hand, a large number of condominiums are standing unsold, putting a drag on the economy. >>> officials at japan's transport ministry asked to tighten airport security checks. a south korean man was found to be carrying gun powder when he flew into japan. he was arrested at the airport on december 9. they suspect he was linked to a small explosion last month. he left for south korea shortly after the incident. confirmed it was gun powder. international regulations ban passengers from carrying gun powder on board aircraft. airport authorities are supposed to use x ray scaners or other methods. officials said when he boarded a plane black powder was found in his hand luggage. they said security personnel screened the substance but it tested negative for gun powder. the city fell to the militants in may. iraq's state run televi

over this investigation, doctor gausmann says the school will use this situation to improve procedures here in sioux city. "we always engage in conversations about how we can improve our practice and we will continue to improve in that matter because the community deserves that." lukas: sursley sent his resignation to the school district this past friday and the district did hold a meeting with parents about the matter. a class d felony which is punishable by up to 5 years in prison and a seven thousand five hundred dollar fine. and we'll have much more on the issue coming up at 6 and 10 inlcuding interviews with the teacher's union and educators. reporting live in studio, lukas voss abc9 news tim on cam thanks lucas.... and he will have more on the story tongiht at six with today's news, we wanted to know what kind of background checks are required for teachers in iowa. according to the iowa board of educational examiners... all new hires are required to submit finger prints and pass 3 background checks, including the fbi criminal database ....the iowa department of criminal investigation as well as a c

respiratory problems have been told to stay indoors and the government did not achieve the air improvement goals. the city is issuing a pollution alert and the air is not expected to clear before wednesday. this is a clear shot of hit 650, 25nd it times above safe levels. this is a live shot of beijing today. the environmental protection bureau says the air will remain like this today and will improve. ship passed through the dardanelles. it is accompanied by a coast guard ship. remain tense after turkey shot down a russian warplane. fleet set sail for the antarctic today. this is the first expedition since the court of justice ruled that whaling is not scientific. japan will kill one third of what they used to catch. australia wrought the court case and may have ships shadow the japanese fleet. >> another battle against rivals and a visit. we will tell you about that after this break. ♪ is trending business and we are looking at what is going on on social media. measuress a tool that how much something is trending and we know about these companies and fast food retailers who use social media and you are

todd: they will see more improvements just outside city hall. during the shut down, the parking lot just east of the building will close and work will begin on a new parking project. and on the west side, grand will shut down while crews rebuilt the arched bridge. it's one of the biggest transformations in east village history. >> it really is a bright future for this side of the river. elizabeth: city hall and its parking lot should begin shutting down in march or april. grand avenue over the river will close later this summer. eric: webster county investigators are trying to figure out how a dog was scalded. the dog suffered third degree burns after hot grease was poured on him. what happened. vanessa: bob marley doesn't show it, but one look as his face and you know he's suffered. >> he deserves some justice. he deserves some medical help. he didn't do anything to deserve this. vanessa: chasity wilson says she didn't find out about her dog's burn injuries until she went to pick him up from a person that was watching bob marley. >> i said when

city. many weeks after a road improvment project on the busy stretch of pavemnet was road re-opened today. crews from sioux city enginering crews were removing signs around noon. leaving residents excited about the new and improved glenn avenue. "great, finally we can pull into our driveways and people can get to their places alot quicker," said wadner. the road project was set to be completed in august of this year , but due to unforseen damages, the complete date had to be pushed back which gave morningside parents a challenge in dropping and picking their kids up from school. "nats kids playing " jenna: the tyson event center was packed with dozens of special olympians this morning... the annual special olympics clinic held at the n-a-i-a volleyball championships is something these young olympians look forward to each year, but they aren't the only ones who "kala meservey: "this is a really great part like it's so much fun like we bond so much with these kids. it's not just about volleyball, i mean obviously we want to win but doing around the community work " you can catch all the n-a-i

it attributes to increased city improving economy and to affordable air fares. airlines may use larger planes to meet that demand. feds and union officials say more than a dozen busy u.s. airports do not have enough air traffic controllers. the transportation department says york, denver, dallas-ft. worth airport and chicago. they all have shortages. the airs are forced to reduce the number of flights as a result of this. >> they're going to have to get on the fast track with hiring people. they're going to have to change some of these age requirements. >> in a statement the faa says it shares the union frustration with staffing levels. it has been working hard to hire workers at an increased rate. lawmakers in camden are calling for stepped up regulation to uber and similar car companies. the city council voted on a resolution urging the naji assembly to pass a bill. it calls for tow row background checks for drivers, proper insurance for vehicles, similar to that carried by taxis and limos. >> happening today, a reminder of how dangerous it is to walk along tr

improving. up to nine miles in the city and ten miles in most spots and still down to zero in white plains and 3 in bridgeport and danberry starting to improve in some areas. 65 in the city was just two degrees for tieing the record for the day. newark set a record and 58 there right now. that was your record high. 56 in bridgeport. still in the 60s in sussex and bridgewater. wedge of mild air that has to move in. there's a cold front back here and the temperatures. we're not the only ones. look at cleveland 55 and 60 in nashville. there's is the coldest air and parts of wisconsin and even when the cool air gets here and the rain is in progress now. moving through parts of the tri-state area already. even a couple of thundershowers embedded within this line. that's headed towards thompson, kingston, poughkeepsie. don't be surprised if you hear a rumble of thunder as that line comes through. same thing in the city. that won't happen until later tonight. a few spotty showers early on and then that cold front comes through around 2:00 in the morning and even the city up to spring valley you might h

and last summer, mayor walsh launched boston 311, an improved version of the city's constituent services program, modeled after similar programs in baltimore and new york. residents can call in to this 311 call center or report issues via the 311 app on their smartphones-- anything from missed trash pick-ups to potholes. >> potholes are dangerous, they can do damage to your car and everything. >> reporter: another app called city worker assigns a deadline to each job. the goal is to fill potholes within 24 hours. they meet it 80% of the time. danny nee gets all kinds of requests. >> the person says, "there doesn't seem to be any public trash cans on bunker hill street. a trash can near the bus stop would be nice." >> reporter: on the street, nee carries a smartphone and a tablet to keep track of the workload. when his crew finishes installing the can on bunker hill street, nee snaps a photo, which can be sent to the constituent. >> i've noticed a real improvement in terms of response time from the city, i'd say in the last year and a half or so. >> reporter: community activist erica matt

know we've been taking it for a long time so it feels good to go up and have all this improvement," said south sioux city middle school eighth grade student, jagger horken. in some cases, students even exceeded the normal scoring for their grade level. students say these test improvements will help them with their final map testing in the spring. and, they say it's also good preparation for a-c-ts and other future tests they'll have. sheila? thanks, totoie. if you plan on going out tonight, you're going to want to bundle up. here to tell us more is chief meteorlogist ron demers with our first look at the forecast at 5. the wind combined with temps in the 20s to keep it a very cool friday around siouxland. we also saw some clouds and flurries rotating through the region although most of those clouds should clear tonight as lows dip well down into the teens for most of us with single digits even likely in northern siouxland. a south will stt blowing saturday and that will begin bringing back the warmer temperatures. presesent obama addressed the nation this for the rest of his term. he took some tough ques

u-nanimously approved the pool commitee's recommendations to move forward with their plan to improve sioux city's public pools. the changes involve closing down leeds and cook pool after the 2016 season. both will be replaced by splash pads that are planned to be opened by the summer of 2017. lewis pool will close as soon as the new aquatic nter in mornininide is built and leif erikson pool will remain open until it is no longer able to operate. both the pool committe and members of the parks and recreation advisory board were excited the plan will be presented to city council ... after over a year of consideration. " the park board has really been engaged in this issue for a along the way. we have been talking about this issue for over a year now. the park board was prepared to make that decision." jessica rae: a meeting for city council to vote on the issue has been tentatively set for january 4th of next year. jessica rae: a local college student is being honored for his efforts to make farming safer... and a little easier. and now he's also a few thousand dollars richer. josh doering, a junio

we talked about scott weiner, rides muni, tries to improve the city. he's had run-ins with nasty people at city hall and that may have helped him keep calm while he was getting mugged near the bart station. a woman grabbed his cellphone. he bargained with him to get the phone back. they agree on a price and when the supervisor took the cash out, at a nearby atm, he made sure the suspects were captured on bank surveillance camera. the woman was caught. i certainly wouldn't do anything of the sort. >> no. to stay cool in that situation is incredible. he's a very calm guy. i've talked to him. >> i tell myself it's only a phone. >> exactly. let them have it of. >> he did something else. thankfully it worked out okay. >>> police get a big break in their search for someone trying to steal credit card information from shoppers at bay area grocery stores. >>> and a series of car crashes by one driver. investigators say that person is facing a number of charges. gary, is this teleprompter right? sweet molasses! i need to start shopping immediately. save on thou

philadelphia police have been trying to do since the department of justice made recommendations to improve the city'sicies. this morning, the government issues a report card on the progress. nbc 10's matt delucia is live in center city with more on that report. matt? >> reporter: that news conference just ended about 10 minutes ago. most focused on those policy recommendations that came in that initial report that came out of a department of justice investigation, one that was requested by the philadelphia police department, there were 48 findings and 91 recommendations. and of those 91 recommendations, 90%, we're told, are complete or are in progress. and the remaining 10%, according to police commissioner charles ramsey, are issues with officer-involved shootings and processing the scene. outgoing mayor michael nutter says the changes that have come out of this report have changed the culture of the department when it comes to ethics. >> we want the best place department in the united states of america. we know that some things -- we knew some things were not working well and we want it. the legiti

michael nutter was honored for his service and passion to improve the city. whitney m. young jr. was a league leader in the 1960s who fought to end segregation. >>> nbc 10 getting into the holiday spirit. tonight is the tree lighting, as we mentioned, at the blue cross river rink and we're thrilled to be the official sponsors. >> nbc 10's lauren mayk joins us live now at penn's landing. fill us in, what's happening tonight? >> reporter: well, the festivities officially get under way about 6:30, but, you know, you may want to get here early, because take a look at this, this is incredible, the weather is amazing, it's a great night to strap on skates and take a spin around the rink. i was not quite brave enough to put on ice skates on live television, but good news, plenty more to do. first of all i want to take you into something pretty much a child's fantasy land. this is a real ginger bread house. come on in, let me show you what's going on in here. we want to show folks this fabulous ginger bread house. when i came in here earlier, folks told me take a whiff. let me show you,

with the growing economy in sioux city, there continues to be new additions and improvements made. some of that growth comes through studies approved by the city, city leaders say. "a lot of people often question why the city enters into these agreements for consultant studies and in large part because we don't have the expertise in house to padmore, sioux city city city leaders say another reason studies are beneficial are because they allow parties, that aren't affiliated with city, to make a neutral observation. other sioux city studies approved for fiscal year 2016 include: community assessment, a bridgeport traffic study, campground site analysis, a trail study, the leeds/floyd corridor study and the neighborhood housing study. with plans for cone park underway, the city is looking for more grants to fund the multi-million dollar project. the parks and recreation already two-point-eight million dollars in private funding for the park. there is also 850-thousand dollars from the city and county. on wednesday, the city's parks and recreation director was in des moines to secure f

know we've been taking it for a long time so it feels good to go up and have all this improvement," said south sioux city middle school eighth grade student, jagger horken. students say these test the spring. and, they say it's also good preparation for a-c-ts and other future tests they'll have. the sioux city public museum is telling a story they've wanted to share for years with their newest exhibit. it's called "when quality was higher than price: martin's, davidson's and pelletier's." it features the history of three local department stores dating back to the 1880s. the display features over 200 historical photos, memorabilia and fashion from the late 1800s through the 1940s. davidsons was the largest retail store in iowa in the 1920s-- attracting shoppers from all over the midwest. the store later became what we now know as younkers. "it's a way to show how business was traditionally conducted in our cities, using sioux city specifically. then to show how sioux city had these stores that were nationally known. they may not have ranked with a marshall fields or a macy's, but they were very well know

millville improved a little bit. atlantic city airport is improving.ful in the areas where you have fog and the temperatures are below freezing that would include millville and allentown and lancaster. fog is made out of water drop let's it's not out of the question that some of it could adhere to surfaces. as i stand up to the raised platform to do the report. the platform is a little bit slick. this afternoon, not cool, noon, 489 degrees, 56 degrees at 3:00 p.m., light winds partly sunny skies, and warmer air coming in later in the workweek, karen. >> reporter: i-95 at cottman, what a bad spot for an accident as penndot zooms around southbound at cottman blocking right lane, we had an accident involving a van and truck, over to the side at this point, traffic is moving through, they pulled the van off to the side, i-95 southbound at cottman jammed, though, we have a different shot of that jam, we switch. approaching cottman you can see the jam past woodhaven to cottman, it was blocking the right lane, we jumped up to a 33 minute ride from woodhaven t

dari: lisa evers is live at city hall to tell us what the mayor wants to improve on. >> reporter: hi, dari and steve. it is halfway through mayor de blasio's four-year term. this afternoon he invited reporters re to city hall for a sit-down and to review his it was clearly an effort to convince many skeptical new yorkers the city is on the right track. the scene was the governor's room at city hall. two years under his belt, the mayor says he's just getting warmed up and the best is yet to come. >> we believe this city must be devoted to fighting inequality and creating more opportunity for all new yorkers and that's what pervades our agenda. >> reporter: many residents have been alarmed at the undeniable growth of street homeless. de blasio says dealing with the crisis will take time, but they are making progress. >> 22,000 new yorkers out of shelter, into homes because of our rental subsidy programs, because of some of the other investments we made. the efforts we're making to stop people from being illegally evicted are growing. that will grow to a $60 million investment. >> report

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improved. atlantic city only an eighth a of mile visible at the airport. surely some delays there.we look ahead, spotty showers expected during the evening and into the overnight. some clearing developing as well in the wake of a cold front. tomorrow morning will be chilly with strong northwesterly winds. strong enough that we could even hear of a few flurries in the poconos. definitely some lake enhanced snow showers through central pennsylvania associated with these really cold fierce winds. gradual clearing during the day on thursday. in the poconos perhaps a flurry. we'll take it. west winds gusting to 25 even 30 miles an hour during the day. and turning cooler temperatures mainly in the 40s tomorrow. so in the wake of this front, it turns much cooler. high pressure builds in and the bonus will be the sunshine. sunny skies for thursday. into friday, even over the weekend with a warmup. tomorrow morning, though, winds gusting out of the west in philadelphia to 30 miles an hour. the same in pottstown. wilmington gusting to 23 and the winds pretty much continue throughout the day.

the rehab of the one and plus units are zero city subsidies the financing structures is by carryback finance and 4 percent cash benefits a number of improvements that will be included included water and updates to the city and the ground floor space for better services and the update of the standards colleagues i'll ask for you're support this is a building that is an important part of portfolio and one of the fee lunch programs a huge process to the seniors that live in the neighborhood christie chair cowen. >> no presentation staff presentation. >> there is a staff member here that may have additional comments. >> good afternoon supervisors from the mayor's office of economic workforce development as supervisor kim the resolution before you to authors the ground lease for 7704 o feral streets foyer a 64 year extension for a number of 99 years insuring the affordable housing is permitted and reorder did you payments that facilitate as the supervisor mentioned the cash back financing with the tower and the affiliate to finance the construction of one hundred plus senior units plus one manager unit at the tenderloin without a need for the city

, atlantic city down to a quarter mile. fog at the big improvement there. and overhead, above the fog some clouds. we'll find up with sunshine. stand by for a warm-up. usually 40s in the afternoon. look at the 50s, even the mountains, bethlehem, pennsburg, plenty of sunshine after scattered clouds to start with. the sunshine takes over for bordentown, king of prussia ventnor city. spurn that a high of 55 andual see tsh take over. low midwests for wilmington. look at the forecast and beyond when i'm back in ten minutes with the seven-day forecast. >> i believe you've got an zend that we're dealing with. >> katy is watching that for us. >> for drivers in middle town, it's been quiet throughout delaware. watching the majors there. there is an accident along route 7 at telegraph grot. i'm not seeing any major delays. if it's part of your commute. we move the mass of it. cop instruction between bridge street and cottman. there is a lane restriction. it doesn't look like it's accounting for tie-ups. 95 southbound is running smoothly as well. laking a look

big improvement, especially the city westward. it will take a couple of hours to leave long island and connecticut. you still need the umbrella through the early evening hours but it's not pouring on the west side. the rain has gotten lighter the past hour. wind hasn't been a problem or temperature either. 59 the high today. still running 16 above average. still well on pace for the warmest december on record and three from a record high. look at the rain shutting off at 7:00 in new york city. a lot of clouds around. i would take the umbrella because a shower or drizzle can be around the first part of the night. after that, cloudy skies. there else the wind shift to the north. you will notice it tomorrow afternoon, gusts over 20 miles per hour. clouds will break from the as the afternoon wears on toward the coast. might be a shower on the east end of long island. the heavy rain is shifting away from carmel over to parts of danbury and ridgefield. rough ride still ponding on roadways like 202. bedford your rains are getting lighter

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mayor benjamin says the event helps the city with economic development as well as improving the quality of life here. the city is asking partygoers to bring food donations for flood victims. there is a flood watch for the midlands from wednesday morning - thursday morning. i'm judi gatson with a wis e-6 javier villanueva just drum, ft. campbell, ft. husband has conquered many challenges, including a gunshot wound in iraq, a traumatic brain she respects him for soldiering a look now at your first alert there is a flood watch for the midlands from wednesday morning - thursday morning. your wednesday will feature another round of showers and occasional thunderstorms as an area of low pressure moves out of the gulf of mexico and across the southeast along a stalled front that is draped over south carolina. today's rain rain totals possible across the midlands. the daytime high will reach the upper 70s. on thursday the rain chance falls to 50% during the day and then down to 30% that night. high: 71 new year's day will be partly cloudy with only a slight chance of showers and a touch cooler

. << with the growing economy in sioux city, there continues to be new additions and improvements made. some of that growth comes through studies approved by the city, city leaders say. "a lot of people often question why the city enters into these agreements for consultant studies and in large expertise in house to perform the studies," said bob padmore, sioux city city manager. some consultants are local. others come all across the country. su "the consultant being used for the tyson events center study is from out-of-state. and tyson representatives say this gives them a look at similar facilities not only around the region, but around the country as well." "sioux city is not a huge market, but we can still get eas from marrets that are bigger than sioux city," said erika newton, said sioux city events & facilities executive director. "just because we're not one of the major markets in the country, doesn't mean we can't use ideas from some of those bigger arenas here." the tyson events center was awarded 68-thousand dollars for a study to look at physical improvements, as well as, a

they have improved from the city in south and west. numbers over parts of interior new jersey got up to 60 degrees. to the east of new york city, upper 50s. valley. a couple of the first sprinkles trying to get into the delaware water gap, pike county and sullivan county. not a big daily. the steadiest rain hasn't even gotten to philly yet. i think those showers west of philly, 100 miles away, are two or three hours away. futurecast timing. by 7:00 or 9:00 rain moving there will probably be off and on rain throughout the evening. a couple of pockets will be moderate. then a squall line moving through overnight with the actual told front, and that won't bring very chilly air. it will just dry us out and pick up the winds. no problems bithe commute. december is now 10.5 degrees above average. a third of an inch to maybe half an inch in spots that get a rumble of thunder. it's gusty but still 60 tomorrow. for. we haven't been cold yet. so when it's in the 30s to around 40, it's going to feel chilly. more on that in the seven-day accuweath

along with west and north high school did fall in the 2nd lowest category, (needs improvement in orange). meanwhile two city school did make the top 3 percent...(excepti onal in white) both clark and cresant park elementary receieved exceptional ranking... hinton high school is the only local school listed in the 2nd highest category...high thats the black the rest of the 26 our map fell mostly in the middle categories shown here with the ratings are based on each school's performance over a two-year span. and again if you want to check out your school, just go to siouxland matters dot com. jenna on cam we won't see a decision on the propoped bakken pipeline until next year -- that according to the new timeli by the iowa utilities board. dakota access, the company installing the pipeline that would run straight through iowa, is pushing for a quicker decision. the state department of natural resources hosted a meeting in des moines today to talk about the environmental impact of the pipeline. tim: monday argentine president (ma- reece-ee-oh mahk-ah-ree) mauricio macri....followed d through with acampaign pro

several cities in eastern iowa are getting loans to help them improve water quality. the money comes from a state program that provides low-interest financing to cities. newhall will get about two point six million dollala to put toward its sewer treatment project. and tama will get more than a million dollars to improve its sewer system. aplington and ryan will also get some money. of iowa. school administrator s say they don't see any sign of the outbreak slowing down. on november 9th, johnson county public health reported 116 cases of mumps. the vast majority wererbelieved to be at the u-i. just last week, there were 162 cases reported. and as of monday, 196 people reported hahang mumps, 152 of thehewere at u-i. kcrg-tv9's forrest saunders joins me at the desk this morning. forrest, have we reached the peak of this? ui officials don't think so. in talks with state health officials, the school says that may be a ways off. the ui has taken measures to fight the outbreak, but as of yet, that effort hasn't shown any impact on the spread of the disease. you can't see it

final plan, as you know, calls for $60 million to improve transportation and to mitigate traffic congestion. it also creates a fund to pay for ongoing city services and capital improvements that are related to the arena. inside the supervisors chambers this afternoon, more than 90 people signed up to speak. the first group being those opposed to the warriors project, and as expected, traffic conc n concerns topped the list of obje objects. >> the traffic is going to be congested down there. i used to work at mission bay. i can't imagine a mother and their sick child stuck in their car watching their child deteriorate while you're trying to access to emergency room. >> traffic congestion is a major complaint, but the supervisor tells me he expects the board to improve the environmental impact report. >> on the arena or 10-1 on the arena, it's going to be pretty overwhelmingly supportive, i believe. >> we won't know the final vote until probably after 7:00, as i said, there's 90 paem signed up to speak at two minutes apiece. that's going to push the vote past 7:00. gene ellie, my cohort from the nbc bay area is inside. she'll report on it

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