this is her birthday present to the hospital, other families...and it feels good to do that" says jeremy cotter, donated cuddle cot to unity luke's. alongside a generous donation of two thousand seven hundred dollars to nicu, the cotter's donated unity point health cuddle cot gives parents extra time with their stillborn baby by longer and allows parents to be comfortable in a hospital room instead of a morgue. "a cuddle cot's main task, i guess, is to preserve time. it's actually a cooling unit that lies in the basinett, and then the infant is placed on top of the cooling blanket and it maintains a body temperature that is much lower than normal" says suzie gosph, labor delivery nurse at unity point health st. luke's. without a cuddle cot, parents must go back and forth to the morgue, making the grieivng process that much harder. "nobody wants to go through what we went through" says lisa cotter, donated cuddle cot to unity point health st. luke's. "it's something that, to use an old phrase, i would not wish on my worst enemy any day. it's an awful experience" says jeremy cotter, donated cuddl

luke's, in sioux to have her with us whenever we wanted to see her," jeremy cotter said. mercy medical center already has cotters hope, one day, they'll be available to every grieving family in their the cotters will donate the "cuddle cot" to st. luke's, in elizabeth's name, on the anniversary of elizabeth's birth and her death, february 23rd. they had enough money for the "cuddle cot" after just one month of fundraising. if you'd like to make a donation to the cause, there's still time. we've built the link to their "gofundme" page in this story at ktiv- dot-com. it's pretty chilly today... but it's about to get seriously cold. stay tuned for the forecast from meterologist ben dorenbach coming up next on news four at noon. here's the live view from our skycam in spencer, iowa, where it's and degrees this for northern and eastern through 9 am saturday to a repeat of the groundhog day blizzard, this valentine's day weekend won't exactly be a sweet this morning, most will wake up to a fresh coating of snow on the roads, so plan for a morning commute a little on the slick si

"we're celebrating her birthday," said jeremy cotter, father. "and, this is her birthday present to the hospital and to other families. it feels gooooto do that." >> through their "gofundme" page, the cotters cot... and donate $2,700 dollars to the neonatal intesive care unit at st. luke's. that where evelynne spent the her life. the bishop heelan catholic schools are one step closer to beginning construction on phase two of the new high school building. the 10-million dollar project will be adjacent to the fine arts center completed in august of 2014. no date has been set for the heelan recently received at $1.4 million gift from 1951 bishop heelan alum donald gill. one nebraska principal had to pucker up after promising his students he'd kiss a pig if they met their reading goal. they did! norfolk catholic elementary school principal bill lafleur challenged his students to a reading incentive last month. they exceeded all expectations, so today principal lafleur puckered up to the pig. (sheila) still to come... what's a bigger distraction whil

"we would have been able to have her with us whenever we wanted to see her," jeremy cotter said. mercy medical center already has one. and, the cotters hope, one day, they'll be available to every grieving family in their the cotters will donate the "cuddle cot" to st. luke's, in elizabeth's name, on the anniversary of her birth and her death, february 23rd. they had enough money for the cot after just one month of fundraising. a new super hero is fighting crime.. .proving big heroes come in small packages... nine-year-old dominic in sydney australia is battling cystic fibrosis and always wanted to be a superhero. so police and the "make-a-wish" group hatched a plan, police put dominic in an iron man costume and sent him on a mission to rescue a kidnapped t-v reporter. dominic fought the villains and saved the reporter. many celebrities sent tweets to support dominic... including robert downey junior, who plays iron sw22 and gannett... blowing snow high pressure will remain in place through the overnight hours, which will keep skies clear but cold. wind chills will dip way below z

"we would have been able to have her with us whenever weanted toee her," jeremy cotter said. mercy medical center already has one. and, the cotters hope, one day, they'll be available to every grieving family in their time of need. >> the cotters will donate the "cuddle cot" to st. luke's,s,n elizababh's name, on the anniversary of elizabeth's death, february the "cuddle cot" after just one month of fundrsing. if you'd like to make a donation, you'll find a link to their "gofundme" page in this story at ktiv- dot-com. it's going to be another cold day in siouxland. but the good news is therere will be sunshine. ben's got the details after the break. and a teacher in alabama enlisted the help of his students to pop the question to his girlfiend. we'll show you how they pulled off the breath-taking << >> << wx timer @ 1:30 wind chill advisory in effect for northern and eastern siouxland from 6 pm friday through 9 am saturday while it w't be anything cle to a repeat4of the groundhog day blizzard, this valentine's day weekend won't exactly be a sweet one across siouxland. first of

"we would have been able to have her with us whenever we wanted to see her," jeremy cotter said. mercy medical center already has one. and, the cotters hope, one day, they'll be available to every grieving family in their time of need. >> the cotters will donate the "cuddle cot" to st. luke's, in elizabeth's name, on the anniversary of elizabeth's death, february 23rd. they had enough money for the "cuddle cot" after just one month of fundraising. the cotters will donate any extra money to the neonatal intensive care unit, at evelynne spent the first month of her life. if you'd like to make a donation, there's still time. we've built the link to their "gofundme" page in this story at ktiv- dot-com. (matt) the steadily falling snow is also making headlines, tonight. the snow may be light, but the streets are suffering. (sheila) we're already hearing about a handful of accidents in chief meteorologis t ron demers joins us now to tell us how much snow has fallen. light snow has been working its way across siouxland today and will continue into the evening and early overnight hours be

"we're celebrating her birthday," said jeremy cotter, father. "and, this is her birthday present to the hospital and to other families. it feels good to do that." >> through their "gofundme" page, the cotters raised enough to buy the cuddle cot... and donate $2,700 dollars to the neonatal intesive care unit at st. luke's. that where evelynne spent the first month of her life after the emergency c-section. by the way, the cotters had enough money to buy the "cuddle cot" within the first month of fundraising. for the last few weeks, i've followed the cotters as they embarked on this journey to give other parents the tools to cope with their own grief. and, i want to thank them for opening their lives, i'm grateful for the opportunity they gave me to tell their story. (sheila) shifting gears... we got to see some sun today but is another mix very far off? chief meteorologis t ron demers is here to tell us more. weather ad-lib once we got through the morning clouds, much of siouxland got to finally enjoy a little bit of sunshine with highs staying a

"in a perfect world, this thing would sit unused at the hospital forever" says jeremy cotter, donated cuddle cot to unity p pnt health st. luke's. jeremy and lisa cotter had the tuesday. lisa gave birth to two beautiful twin girls, but one was stillborn. on what would have been elizabeth's first birthday, the cotters are using the anniversary of their loss as a day to honor their daughter. and bring solace to other parents finding themselves in a similar position. "we're doing it in honor of elizabeth. we're celebrating her birthday. this is her birthday present to the hospital, other families...and it feels good to do that" says jeremy cotter, donated cuddle cot to unity point health st. luke's. alongside a generous donation of two thousand seven hundred dollars to nicu, the cotter's donated a cuddle cot to unity point health st, luke's. a cuddle cot gives parents extra time with their stillborn baby by preserving the body for a little longer and allowsarents to be comfortable in a hospital room instead of a morgue. "a cuddle cot's main task, i guess, is to preserve time. it's actual

cotters have turned that grief into an act of generosity. << "it was kind of a bittersweet morning," jeremy cotter said. bittersweet because the cotters celebrated life... that of their daughter, evelynne... "we heard her babbling away in ...and continue to grieve the loss of evelynne's twin sister, elizabeth, who was stillborn exactly one year ago. "nobody wants to go through what we went through," said lisa cotter, mother. the cotters' grief led to an act of generosity. they fundraised for a cuddle cot to donate to unitypoint health st. luke's, in sioux city. "a cuddle cot's main task is to preserve time," said suzie gosch, unitypoint health st. luke's registered nurse. "it's actually a cooling unit that lies in the bassinet. the infant is placed on top of the cooling blanket temperature that is much lower than normal." that slows the body's changes after death. it's something the cotters didn't have in their time of need. "in a perfect world this thing would sit unused at the hospital forever," said jeremy cotter, father. "but, we know this isn't a perfect world. hopefully, people who do have t

breen shows us how the cotters have turned that grief into an act of generosity. << morning," jeremy cotter said. bittersweet because the cotters celebrated life... that of their daughter, evelynne... "we heard her babbling away in her crib. it's her first birthday." ...and continue to grieve the loss of evelynne's twin sister, elizabeth, who was stillborn exactly one year ago. "nobody wants to go through what we went through," said lisa cotter, mother. the cotters' grief led to an act of generosity. they fundraised for a cuddle cot to donate to unitypoint health st. luke's, in sioux city. "a cuddle cot's main task is to preserve time," said suzie gosch, unitypoint health st. luke's registered nurse. "it's actually a cooling unit that lies in the bassinet. the infant is placed on top of the cooling blanket and it maintains a body temperature that is much lower than normal." that slows the body's changes after death. it's something the cotters didn't have in their time of need. "in a perfect world this thing would sit unused at the hospital forever," said jeremy cotter, father. "but, we know

this is her birthday present to the hospital, other families...and it feels good to do that" says jeremy cotter, donated cuddle cot to unity point health st. luke's. jenna: the cotters raised more than two-thousand dollars more than what was needed for the cuddlecot... so they gave the rest of the money to the nicu (nih- cue) at st. luke's. tim: the orange city fire department has always taken great pride in helping their community and now they're looking for help themselves the department asking citizens to vote in favor of a bond issue coming up in march that would grant them money needed to help purchase upgrades to equipment and to expand from their current five stations. space is becoming more of an issue, hindering the department's ability to properly decontaminate "we wanna be able to launder our gear properly, we wnat to be able to come back and decontaminate the gear and get everything back the way it should. we don't want our firefighters going home with contaminates and taking it home to their kids, their family our anything else." says fire chief denny vander wel. march first, a vot

jeremy cotter says, "we were expecting twins last year, and we would to go all the appointments, eager to see their development... [one appointment] they couldn't find elizabeth's heartbeat." evelynne and elizabeth cotter was delievered at unitypoint health - st. luke's last february 23rd at just shy of 35 weeks. there are happy memories of celebrating evelynne's birth, but the cotters say it was also like a bad dream as they struggled to make sense of elizabeth's death. jeremy says, "i feel like we had to grieve on someone else's schedule, because we would have to ask our nurses to bring her body to the room so we could spend time with her and we would have to wait and after awhile, send her back." that's because the natural process of death makes the body change quickly, especially with babies, so when a child is stillborn, their body is taken back and forth from the hospital's morgue for preservation. but, the cuddlecot, a medical tool gaining popularity in the u.s., would've lessened the trauma for the cotter family. labor and delivery nurse, suzie gosch, explains how it works. suz

but, there's another member of this family who's just as important, although you can't hear her jeremy cotter says, "we were expecting twins last year, and we would to go all the appointments, eager to see their development... [one appointment] they couldn't find elizabeth's heartbeat." evelynne and elizabeth cotter was delievered at unitypoint health - st. luke's last february 23rd at just shy of 35 weeks. there are happy memories of celebrating evelynne's birth, but the cotters say it was also like a bad dream as they struggled to make sense of elizabeth's death. jeremy says, "i feel like we had to grieve on someone else's schedule, because we would have to ask our nurses to bring her body to could spend time would have to wait and after awhile, send her back." that's because the natural process of death makes the body change quickly, babies, so when a their body is taken the hospital's the cuddlecot, a medical tool gaining popularity in the u.s., would've lessened the trauma for the cotter family. labor r d delivery nurse, suzie gosch, explains how it works. suzie gosch, r.n., unitypoint h

jeremy cotter says, "we were expecting twins last year, and we would to go all the appointments, eager to see their development... [one appointment] they couldn't find elizabeth's heartbeat." evelynne and elizabeth cotter was delievered at unitypoint health - st. luke's last february 23rd at just shy of weeks. there are happy memories of celebrating evelynne's birth, but the cotters say it was also like a bad dream as they struggled to make sense of elizabeth's death. jeremy says, "i feel like we had to grieve on someone else's schedule, because we would have to ask our nurses to bring her body to the room so we could spend time would have to wait and after awhile, send her back." that's because the natural process of death makes the body change quickly, especially with babies, so when a child is stillborn, their body is taken back and forth from the hospital's morgue for preservation. but, the cuddlecot, a medical tool gaining popularity in the u.s., would've lessened the trauma for the cotter family. labor and delivery nurse, suzie gosch, explains how it works. suzie gosch, r.n., uni

her birthday present to the hospital, other families...and it feels good to do at" says jeremy cotter, donated cudddd cot to unity int health st. luke's. the cotters raised more than two-thousand dollars ... more than what was needed for the cuddlecot... the rest of the money went straight to st. luke's. lukas: get ready for sioux city's next big idea. the sioux city growth organization held its sixth annual innovation market last night. 40 ideas from siouxland entreprenuers were submitted at the event inside the ho-chunk center. entreprereers got just onene sheeeeof paper to pitch their ideas,s, with participants ting for the best idea in the room. the innovation market is something organizers say brings people together, and cultivates positive acton in the community. "it's great to have an organization that can help small businesses start up. that's the toughest part of a business starting up is the beginning phasesfrom month one to month twelve and so on. the more help the business process the better." says innovation contestant erik martin. five finalists will get to pitch their i

jeremy and lisa cotter learned that one of the twin girls that lisa was carrying had died. an emergency c-section followed. and, so did the grief of their loss. but, the cotters turned that grief into an act of generosity. today, they donated a "cuddle cot" to unitypoint health st. luke's. nurses in the hospitals labor and delivery unit say the "cuddle cot" gives the gift of time to grieving parents. "it's actually a cooling unit that lies in the bassinet. the infant is placed on top of the cooling blanket and it maintains a body temperature that is much lower than normal," said suzie gosch, unitypoint health st. luke's registered nurse. thatatlows the body's changes after death. it's something the cotters didn't have in their time of need... and it's the reason why hospital a "cuddle cot." their story, tonight, on "news 4 at six." still to come on live at five.... closing the prison. president obama calls for the closing the prison in guantanimo bay cubub and.... the co-founder of f microsoft speaks out in the president obama proposed that congress close the u-s prison for

of their own pain, a sioux city family is making a gift to their local hospital that will jeremy and lisa cotter delivered their daughter, elizabeth, still born at unitypoint health - st. luke's on this day last year. today, they're celebrating the first birthday of her twin sister, evelynne... and also honoring elizabeth's memory by donating a cuddlecot to the hospital. the medical deviceallows families more time with their baby's body after a pregnany or infant loss. we'll tell you more about their donation, coming up at six. tim: a greacian cruise is underway again at the siouxland center for active generations. for almost 20 years, curise week has been a fan favorite for members. while they don't actually travel to greece, the week long celebration includes a dance, massages, grk games and a chance for some who might not be able to travel to see the world. our own scott larson judged this years authentic greek food contest. kerry ruehle, program director " it's really a good idea because it's a way to bring in some of the members that maybe don't get a chance to travel or to do some of the d

i mentioned the community outpouring of support for the cotters, and get this: since i interviewed jeremy and lisa, they not only reached their goal of raising $4,000 for the cuddlecot, their gofundme page is now at over 56- hundred dollars. they're going to donate the extra money to the nicu at unitypoint health - st. luke's, because evelynne spent time there after she was born. they hope to make the cuddlecot donation officially on the girls' birthday. still to come... today marks the aniversary of a historic loss to rock and roll. details after the break. (fred) tonight will be chilly, then a warming trend will be seen. it will be cooler next week, though. your forecast is next! died." on this day in 19-59, rock and roll legend buddy holly was killed when his plane slammed into a clear lake iowa field during a blinding snow storm. jockey "the big bopper" died with him. the plane crashed takeoff. no one is exactly sure what went don mcclean immortalized the tragedy in his pie." holly was only 22 years old. (tim) fred, is any more ow coming? 2 line super: fred hexomfhexom@kcautv.c om (fr