starting center at 6-4 and he's popping threes. 7-6 le mars!7) so logan schiebout sees that three and copies it! from the corner he makes it 9-7 le mars.8) so the bulldogs they're just gonna tie it up here with this nice pick and pop from hillbrands to seth away in this one. they win it 64-53. 3 alright it's the ladies turn as unity christian had a slight lead on le mars in the third quarter.1) alyssa fedders throws it down low to anna kiel. she's a great volleyball player too it's 38-27 unity christian.2) it was comeback time for le mars and they relied on the three ball! madison dreckman the freshmen drains one. it's 38-30.3) and then this is why the knights threw it down low to kiel. watch her fight for the rebounds kids. that's how you do it. she gets the and one but misses the freee throw. 40-30. 4) next posession it's le mars on the inbounds cassidy utesch puts it in. le mars within 8.5) beginning of the 4th more threes were needed and dreckman is up to the challenge! le mars within 5!6) and then off the drive and the dish katrina engbret

"we came because we didn't have anybody at home today," said ruth ohlrichs, a le mars, resident. "so we decided to come up here. and our families come home first tomorrow." and some people brought their families with them. "my wife and my parents and my wife's mother and some aunts and uncles, we had our christmas lala night," " id jim rohlfs, a le mars resididt. "and everybody didn't have anything to do todayy so this is the place to come." "aside from a good meal, many people say this is a a eat way to spend christmas day with the community." "you know because a lot of times, you know i'm single so a lot of times that's all you do is be dishwasher for floyd valley hospital. "you come here and you get conversation and good smiles and that little girl, you know." that little girl was three-year-old jannie rose, who she helped spread christmas cheer in her red outfit as she enjoyed a meal friends. "merry christmas." in le mars, iowa, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4.>> more than 250 people registered to be part of the dinner. and while people were enjoying their meal in the dining room,

le mars would pull away in this one. they win it 64-53.alright it's the ladies turn as unity christian had a slight lead on le mars in the third quarter.1) alyssa fedders throws it down low to anna kiel. she's a great volleyball player too it's 38-27 unity christian.2) it was comeback time for le mars and they relied d the three ball! madison dreckman the 38-30.3) and then this is why the knights threw it down low to kiel. watch her fight for the rebounds kids. that's how you do it. she gets the and one but misses the freee throw. 40-30. 4) next posession it's le mars on the inbounds cassidy utesch puts it in. le mars within 8.5) beginning of the 4th more threes were needed and dreckman is up to the challenge! le mars within 5!6) and then off the drive and the dish katrina engbretson is open for three! le mars within two at -38!7) but off the next p pession unity christian comes rigig back. on the fast break it's gonna be kiel again! le mars would try a full court heave to tie it but came up short. 55-52 the final! naia

in le mars, iowa, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4.>> more than 250 people registered to be part of the dinner. and while people were enjoying their meal in the dining room, just upstairs, ere were hospital employees working on the holidid. while many people are able to get the day off, hospitals stay open to help the community. nurses and secretaries at floyd valley hospital were hard at work today, as they took care of patients. "they're here in the hospital sick and we get to take care of them," said taylor hanson, a registered nurse at floyd valley hospital. "so we're kind of their family and you know, bringing joy to their day and providing thememith whatever we can give them to make their day a little bit better." nurses at orange city area also looking festive on this christmas day. the crew working the early shift posted this photo to facebook. here in siouxland... we have a very spirited bell ringer. donald baumgardner has been outside fareway on war eagle drive singing christmas carols, and greeting customers. in addition to volunteering as a bell ringegefor the salvation army, donal

lighted christmas parade saturday at 6 central ave le mars pioneer village at fairgrounds - this weekend and next! grammy winner crystal gayle is tomorrow night - candice is going with her parents (isn't that sweet - her brown eyes blue" terri clark next friday. jerrod niemann next saturday - "lover lover guy" just announce - social media star kane brown coming january 8th. he's called the justin bieber of country. he's 22 years old. became famous online for doing covers. he's a fascinating listen. he's got a super duper deep voice. he's been called chris young on sam hunt's melodies. naia volleyball championships - thru saturday! jessica rae: tis the season for holiday parties... and if you want to wow your friends and family... howard has the dip recipe for you. to do this weekend around siouxland... you're in luck. tony and candice join me from ksux guys! for the 11th year now, we teamed up with farrell's heating and ac they are giving away a complete furnace and ac system (dependent on size of home and needs could be a $10,000 prize) christmas at morningside - tonight eppley auditori

"we came because we didn't have anybody at home today," said ruth ohlrichs, a le mars, resident. "so we decided to come up here. and our families come home first tomorrow." and some peoeoe brought their families with them. "my wife and my parents and my wife's mother and some aunts and uncles, we had our christmas last night," said jim rohlfs, a le mars resident. "and everybody didn't have anything to do today so this is the place to come." su "aside from a good meal, many people say this is a ggat way to spend christmas day y th the community." "you know because a lot of times, you know i'm single so a lot of times that's all you do is be alone," said julie marshall, a dishwasher for floyd valley hospital. "you come here and you get conversation and good smiles that little girl was three-year-old jannie

followed by dubuque, ames, mount vernon and decorah to round out the top 5.after le mars comes pella... followed by greenfield, corning and fort madison. 3 3 the launch date for the u- s- s sioux city has been set.the latest freedodo variant ttoral combat ship will be launched froroits shipyard in marinette,e, wisconsin on saturday, january 30th.the ceremony will include the ship's traditional champagne christening.after continue to be tested and prepared for her formal commissioning into the navy in 2017.sioux city mayor bob scott and other city officials say thy will travel to wisconsin for the ceremony. 3 3 bill cosby will appear before a suburban philadelphia judge today to face a criminal charge of sexual assault. as kenneth craig reports... it's the first time the 78-year-old comedian has faced charges despite years of accusations by women who said cosby drugged and rapepethem. 3 bill cosby left a pennsylvania courthouse wedndnday afternoon after his arraignment on charges of felony sexual assault. bail was set at one million dollars.the 78-year- old comedian is charged with agg

and we'll head to le mars, iowa where there's a christmas display like no other. from characters, it's a sight to see this time of year. we'll hear from the homeowners and why their display gets bigger and better every year. and later, a new study claims to have f fnd a link between pregnant womom taking antidepressan ts and children with autism. we'll have the details in healthbeat four. but first ben.... << wx timer @ :50 today will be cold and breezy with highs near 30, but with the wind it will feel more like the teens and 20s. i'm also fairly confident that we'll see at ast a few peeks of s s today, but not to worry, we'll have plenty of opportunity to see some tomorrow and over the weekend. now, it will still be cold tomorrow with similar temperatures to today's, but temperatures closer to 40 will arrive this weekend and stick around next week with overall dry weather. after tuesday's debate, three republicans are emerging as top candidates. two are out campaigning today while the frontrunner hits the airwaves. tracie potts is in washington with a recap and

in the 200th block in first avenue in le mars.(kawn - kuhl) kounkel is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest... officials say more charges could be on the way... the investigation is still going on.that's a a for now... have a great day! 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 >>> it is monday, december 28th, 2015. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including the fallout from the deadly storms in the south. tornados tore through texas and a blizzard dropped snow in the southern plains. but first here's today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> here in the city of rowlett, eyewitnesses who lived through this tornado say it took less than 45 seconds to do this. >> and historic storm for parts of eastern new mexico and western texas. to our south of here, lubbock >> check out the ice that's everywhere. this is probably an inch or two thick around the line itself. >> flash flood warnings ongoing in parts of arkansas to missouri and a tornado watch is in effect the next several hours. >> the iraqis declared vic

.>> 3 for the last 19 years, the scheitler (sh-eye-tler ) family has decorated their le mars home with thousands of christmas lights. 3 this year there were about 80 thousand lights with 500 plastic blow molds, and 400 lighted displays. the evenenis on every night from 5 to 10 pm unless it is raining or snowing. santa also dropped off candy canes for the kids who stop by. 3 "the main reason we do this is for the public, for the kids... and also for our local food bank here in le mars called the christian needs center. " 3 the family has already donated season. if you would like t t donate or visit this display, we can find the contact information in this story on our website.. siouxlandnews. com enjoy this winter wonderland with some hot, hot cocoa!

injury by motor vehicle, and o- w- i second offense.she's been booked into the plymouth county jail in le mars. 3 3 police in sioux city are looking for two people believed to be involved with a *car theft* on the near northside last surveillance images from the kum and go store at 14th and pierce showing two persons of interest.police are asking for the public's help identifying these two people.anyone with information is asked to call crime stoppers at 258- tips. 3 a sioux center man will spend the next two years in prison and the rest of his life on the sex offender registry after accepting a plea agreement.43- year- old danny barnes agreed to plea guilty to assault with intent to commit sex abuse tuesday in exchange for the 2- year- sentence.after his release... he will spend 10 years on probation and be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.he was arrested in october and charged with sexually assaulting a 14- year- old girl in a sioux center park back in august. 3 3 the two sioux city brothers convicted last year in federal court of assaulting two drug dealers ha

the male passenger was later released. 3 a le mars man has been arrested after local law enforcement issued a search warrant for narcotics, and found remnants of a hidden 3 le mars officers and deputies from the plymouth county sheriff's office, went to the home of 30-year-old chase (kawn-kuhl) kounkel...located at the 200th block in first avenue in le mars.kounkel is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest...officials say, more charges are pending as the investigation continues. 3 3 kayla, that winter..how long will these chili temperatures last? 3 tonight calls for chilly conditions with temperatures near 10 degrees. sunday will have partly cloudy and blustery conditions with temperatures in the low to mid 20s.a winter storm watch is in effect for most of siouxland for monday morning into tuesday morning. this storm could bring windy, icy, some wintry mix and snow with accumulations between 6 and 10 inches. the rest of the week seems to be quiet but very 3 a powerful tornado, carrying winds tornado, a powerful 3 tornado, carrying winds of up to 160 miles

on friday, le mars officers and a search warrant for narcotics. they searched a house on 1st avenue northwest and as a result, officers found remanants of a secret meth lab. 30-year-old, chase kounkel, was arrested and transported to plymouth county jail. he was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest. authorities continue to investigate. an old church that was converted into a home was destroyed by a fire saturday. the fire happened in the 400 block of north conway street in dixon, nebraska. both people inside escaped without injuries. the red cross is helping the family. at this time, the cause of the fire remains under investigation. members of a muslim community in california say they are stunned after their islamic center was firebombed. it's an act they are calling a hate crime. mike luery has the details. << at the islamic center in tracy, it's a time for worship. but congregants here are also praying that authorities will find whoever did this... (mohammed arain, islamic center of tracy president) "it exploded al

in the 200th block in first avenue in le mars.(kawn - kuhl) kounkel is charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest... officials say more charges could be on the way... the investigation is still going on. its open carry gun law. starting january first... gun owners won't be required to conceal their handguns while they're out in public. but as reporter alice barr shwos us... it has some people on edge. 3 bustling shoppers could find just about anything they wanted in the galleria this holiday season... except a gun. the mall doesn't let anyone carry weapons inside these walls -- and they've just announced that won't be changing when a new open carry law takes effect in texas january 1st. the galleria's general manager says "...any shopper in possession of a weapon will be individually notified ... and asked to comply."mossie burcham/houston resident"i just think it's an inappropriate place for it. i don't think that it's necessary and i think, to me, it's threatening."the galleria's joining other private bus

they held a meeting in le mars tonight. at that meeting, discussions on what a puppy mill is, cururnt legislation and ways to help ensued. according to iowa friends, iowa has the second highest amount of puppy mills in the u.s. "we are not trying to end dog breeding, we aren't trying to move mountains with this legislation," said kathie pfaffle. "all we're trying to do is make the conditions for the dogs living in the usda facilities in the state of iowa better." the group hopes their r forts oversight into the industry. still to come here on news 4 at 10 christmas lights on full display in nebraska tonight. see the bright lights, coming up on news 4 this holiday, ford america's best-selling brand is giving you more. the ford holiday sales event... with 0% financing for 60 months on 2015 f-150 and focus plus,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on 2015 focus and 2016 fusion and escape. it's the best gift ever. now during the ford holiday sales event get 0% financing for 60 months plus 1,000 dollars holiday bonus cash on select ve

alex up to le mars...the bulldogs taking on ninth-ranked cherokee tonight. opening quarter....jen schneider finds some space in the paint ananfinishes ststng....bulldog s take the early lead.... then its sidney baumgartner in the lane.....she hits the runner.......le mars would get out to an 8-1 lead.... but here comes cherokee....kaely hummel.....second on the school's all-time scoring list...braves within two.... lead....hummel again.....the littleflip does the trick.......cherokee stays perfect with the 55-44 win. alex the sioux center girls, off to an undefeated start, trying to stay that way against sheldon. late third quarter.....warrio rs in transition and its jessica herald on the other end of that bucket...sioux center up 60-23... fourth quarter now.....katie wagner answers for the orabs....the baseline jumper hits the bottom of the net...... but the warriors were in complete control on their home floor....andrea verburg.....smooth from three point land....sioux center cruises...67-27 the final. alex and d e warrior boys....ome into the game with th

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

in le mars getting set up wonderland christmas there is a 3 away.if you take it tantrum when temper they throw a to you, or if won't respond tablet and face in the buries their if your child children: 3 you?3 3 some things to watch out for when giving electronics to children:if your child buries their face in the tablet and won't respond to you, or if they throw a temper tantrum when if you take it away. 3 there is a christmas wonderland getting set up in le mars right now. find out about the fun. next... in "talk of the town." 3 3 3 patchy fog is possible this morning. keep your eyes open for that.south winds should work with an abundance of and that will help push our temperatures into the lower 40s. mild weather will stick around for the weekend into mostly cloudy skies on saturday with a very slight then plenty of sunshine should be in play through the early very mild weather!3 3 get ready to get into the spirit with the pioneer village christmas wonderland, at the plymouth county fairgrounds in le mars, iowa. this will be hapening december 5th & 6th as well as december 12th & 13th.b

deborah: a christmas day drug bust in le mars has led to one arrest. officers served a warrent for narcots at a residence in le mars after three p-m yesterday... and found remnants of a meth lab. 30 year old chase kounkely was arrested for possession of drug paraphenalia and resisting arrest. the investigation is still ongoing... and more charges are pending. deborah: christmas morning has come and gone. the presents are open.... and those empty boxes may be outside for recycling... and if they are...be careful... because that's exactly what thieves are looking for around this time of year. criminals can take notice of what types of valuable gifts... or electronics you have...by the trash you leave outside your home. " (officer rob zink/ st. paul, mn police) "they drive up and down the alleys and you can drop off your trees at the dorothy pecaut nature center. undecorated christmas trees starting today... until january tenth. the trees should be undecorated... meaning no ornaments, tinsel, lights, price tags, stands or plastic bags. you can drop off yo

tonight...in girls' action, unity christian tops harris-lake park 82-33 akron-westfield girls over le mars gehlen 48-28maple valley anthon oto girls over o- a- b- c- i- g 51- 38okoboji girls over central lyon 58-29west sioux over h- m- s 51-48west lyon over boyden-hull 56- 44cherokee over spirit lake 72- 66-53remsen-union tops remsen st. mary's 58-54storm lake st. mary's tops g-t/r- a 43-35ridge view tops river valley 48-40and sioux center over sibley-ocheydan 59- 25and on the boys' side, unity christian over harris- lake park 60-53western christian over le mars 60-44g-t-r- a over storm lake st. mary's 65-27boyden-hull tops west lyon 85-61central lyon tops okoboji 74-63remsen s s mary's over r remsen-union 81-33alta-aurelia over sioux central 62-52westwood beats kingsley-pierson 51-45ridge view over river valley 77-40and sheldon over rock valley 70-50 3 3 finally tonight... sioux city's teddy bear toss is coming up this weekend atathe tyson events center, and d canada is throwing down the gauntlet. between the calgary hitmen and the swift current broncos... the 19- thousand fans in attenda

as we (52) outside at (le mars)... it's (52) outside at (time)... as we take a look from our (icon ag and turf) camera. 3 it's sort of like ping pong diplomacy but with a girl band. north korea is using it's most famous girl band to try to woo china into warmer relations. cnn's jeanne (genie) moos (mows) reports. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows-- most bands have a leader.... but this girl band has a great leader, north korea's kim jung un.he is said tohandpick the members of moranbong...and he attends moranbong...and he attends their concerts.3, 2, 1 liftoff.to honor an actual missile launch, the band played in front of a replay, igniting the audience asthe missile struck north america....and then, when the again. well now an attempt at girl band diplomacy has been launched. the band, dressed in their north korean army uniforms, headed to china to perform , in hopes of improving relations. officials gave them a sendoff at the train station. could the great leader himself eventually follow?you could argue that this visit is greasing the wheels for kim ju

they held a meeting in le mars last night. at that meeting, discussions on what a puppy mill is, current legislation and ways to help ensued. according to iowa friends, iowa has the second highest amount of puppy mills in the u.s. "we are not trying to end dog breeding, we aren't trying to move mountains with this legislation," said kathie pfaffle. "all we're trying to do is make the conditions for the dogs living in the usda facilities in the state of iowa better." the group hopes their efforts bring stricter oversight into the industry. some of the country's best college athletes showed some special olympics athletes a few new moves on the court. volleyball players from teams competing in the naia women's volleyball tournament in sioux city took time away from practice for the floor time with the annual clinic at the tyson events center pairs up the atheletes with special needs with the college players to help foster new friendships. it's also a chance for all the athletes to learn from each other. "it's actually amazing bec

thanks for watching siouxland news at sunrise. 3 good morning, (le mars)... it's (one degree) outside at from our (icon ag & turf) camera. 3 some are calling it the saddest christmas commercial ever... with the darkest plot twist. but this tearjerker also seems to be warming hearts and even changing some travel plans. what do you think? c - n - n's (genie) jeanne (mows) moos takes a look. 3 --reporter pkg-as follows-- it's not exactly bringing joy to the world.it had at least one host....worst comercial ever prostrate on her anchor desk. a german supermarket commercial shows an older man left alone at christmas by his busy family....i just wanted to call and let you know that we can't make it for christmas this year then family members get the news that he has died. in their grief, the family gathers at his home. surprise! old guy appears. daughter gasps. how else could i have brought you all together? mmh? papa! (hug music)to some it was a "cruelly manipulative twist ending." "because there's nothing that says 'great holiday dinner' like faking your own deat

after le mars comes pella... followed by greenfield... corning... and fort madison. 3 3 the holiday season can be tough on people... especially folks dealing with mental health issues. up next in your healthwatch... we'll show you a new option for people who aren't comfortable with the traditional one - on - one 3 here's a look 3 at your new 3 years forecast. 3 "you're watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob heller and meteorologist cat taylor" 3 "first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor" 3 very cold day today with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens, but with moisture in the upper atmosphere, can't rule out a few light flurries either.we will see some sunshine for the start of 2016, but it will stay cold through the weekend. temperatures will remain mostly in the upper 20s for highs with single digit lows. we may see our first chance of snow for 2016 on wednesday, so keep your eyes open for that. 3 3 3 vitamin d might one day be used to treat people with multiple sclerosis. in a preliminary study... in a preliminary sclerosi

deborah: a christmas day drug bust in le mars has led to one arrest. officers served a warrent for narcotics at a residence in le mars after three day... and found meth lab. 30 year old chase kounkely was arrested for possession of drug paraphenalia and resisting arrest. the investigation is still ongoing... and more charges are pending. deborah: friends and family will be gathering later this morning to lay spencer high school wrestler austin roberts to rest. funeral services for austin will be held at 10:30 a-m at spencer high school's gymnasium. roberts died unexpectedly after collasping on the mat during a wrestling tournament. exact cause of death are still pending. deborah: hockey players from all around siouxland took to the ice this weekend to honor a former sioux city musketeer. the sixth annual "lobster style" hockey tonament was held at the i-b-p ice center... in honor of t-j reinsch who passed away in 20- 10 t-j was a youth hockey coach for 15 years here in sioux city... as well as sioux falls and san diego, california. t-j's former teammat

then its sidney baumgartner in the lane.....she hits the runner.......le mars would get out to an 8-1 lead.... but here comes cherokee....kaely hummel.....second on the school's all-time scoring list...braves within two.... and they would take the lead....hummel again.....the little flip does s e trick.......cherokee stays perfect with the 55-44 win. for the rest of our action from last night, be sure to head to our website, siouxland matters dot com. but for now, let's send it back over to you. jessica rae scott: it's time now to check on your forecast... scsct:good morning siouxland. here's a check of the radarwhere we have rain mixing with snow this morning. a winter weather advisory is in effect for northwestern counties in siouxland. visibilities are being reduced associated with falling precipitation region. tempatures are currently in the 30s throughout most of the area. the dayplanner displays falling temperatures through the day and we'll have a strong wind also come this morning. a winter weather advisory is in effecec for northwestern counties in siouxland. visibilities are

up to le mars...the bulldogs taking on ninth-ranked cherokee last night. opening quarter....jen schneider finds some space in the paint and finishes strong....bulldogs take the early lead.... then its sidney baumgartner in the lane.....she hits the runner.......le mars would get out to an 8-1 lead...... but here comes cherokee....kaely hummel.....second on the school's all-time within two.... and they would take the lead....hummel again.....the little flip does the trick.......cherokee stays perfect with the 55-44 win. for the rest of our action from last ght, be sure to head to our website, siouxland matters dot com. but for now, let's send it back over to you. jessica rae: scott: it's time now to check on your forecast... scott: good morning siouxland. here's a check of the radar where we have rain forecast... scott: good morning siouxland. here's a check of the radar where we have rain mixing with snow this morning. a winter weather advisory is in effect siouxland. visibilities are being reduced associated with falling precipitation and fog in the regio

watching siouxland news at sunrise. 3 expect another rainy start morning at the 3 3 good morning, (le mars)... it's (36) outside at (time)... (icon ag and turf) camera. 3 it's the department of defense's longest running humanitarian airlift operation... and this year marks the first time in history it was conducted in collaboration withth international partners. reporter isa baza has more from the opening ceremony of christmas drop 20 - 15. 3 it's a mission that takes the spirit of giving to new heights. vandrew toth- 2127 operation christmas drop is truly a special mission on andersen air force base 2131 and is certainly very close to our heart here in the 36 wing 2136 isa standup clip 29 operating since 1952 the operation provides critical supplies, educational material, and toys to low- lying islands and atolls. 18 the humanitarian aid and disasterelief operation also provides low-altitude air drop training 24 spearheaded by the 374th airlift wing out of yokota japan, the 36th wing out of guam, and 515th wing out of pearl habror, hawaii, this year's mission is the first in history to pa

melissa ebert of cherokee, iowa was charged with attemptetemurder for a head-on collision in le mars, iowa in september. three people ended up with serious injuries. she also faces her second owi offense and a charge of serious injury by motor vehicle. state auditors say city council members in the northwest iowa city of hornick failed to review financial reports auditor say two city clerks improperly spent $134,000. auditors uncovered the spending after the current city clerk questioned the finances. the audits have been turned over to prosecutors but no charges have been filed. still to come... there is plenty of things to see for iowa fans at the rose bowl -- including a trip to the u- in sports. while the heaviest snow ended up missing us just to the east, parts of eastern siouxland still reported up to 9 inches in places like milford and rock rapids between and today. we only received a little over 4 inches in sioux city with many others near r at same mark, and some could even add an additional coating of the white stuff tonight and tomorrow morning. it won't be a full- fledged

to the third - le mars keeps fighting - jake thompson - from the wing - hits a three of his own - but the bulldogs are still down 17. heelan would roll along in this one - elijah hazekamp with the board and the bucket - hazekamp had 19 points and 13 boards - heelan picks up the 70-58 road win. back to the college ranks - the morningside women hosting the college of st. mary. morningside came out strong - scoring the first seven points - lexi ackerman - with her only field goal of the day - giving the mustangs the early edge. then off the turnover - madison braun goes the other way - the steal and the score - braun had 15 points, 4 steals - morningside had 16 steals overall. college of st. mary put of a from the corner - the flames actually shot better from the field than morningside. but the mustangs hang tough - jordyn wollenburg underneath - 12 for her - morningside hangs on, 81-75. the briar clifff women - ranked 4th - hosting midland. third quarter - midland - unranked - but playing b-c-u tough - joelle overkamp - from the corner - she had 23 points - warriors up one. here comes b

yesterday, le mars officers and plymouth county deputies served a search warrant for narcotics. they searched a house on 1st avenue northwest and as a result, officers found remanants of a "clandestine lab," or a secret lab. 30-year-old, chase kounkel, was arrested and transported to plymouth county jail. he was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and resisting arrest. the investigation remains ongoing. a minimum-security state prison inmate who walked away from a correctional facility in yankton shortly before midnight christmas eve is back in custody. the south dakota department of corrections says 26-year-old dustin emery was arrested by the yankton police department yesterday, hours after he left the yankton community work center. sentences for grand theft and possession of a controlled substance out of yankton county. crossfit spencer in spencer, iowa held a special workout program this morning. it's called the "the beastmode" hero workout and it's honoring the memory of wrestler, austin roberts. roberts died last week while competing in the championship match of

but in le mars, iowa, probably none are more extravagent than one home along highway three. it's not hard to find if you've never driven by it before. your eyes will practically gravitate toward the display by how large it is. mark and shari frerichs are the two masterminds bebend the aurora of lights and blow-up characters. frerichs says they've been doing this for what he thinks is 24 years now. and the display keeps getting bigger every year. "how many lights, uh, we don't even know for sure," said mark frerichs. "we tried counting but we can't keep track of it. it's just he says to put it all up it kes about six weeks.s.ainly working on the weekends. and a uple hours here and there at night. but he says it seems never ending as upkeep is constant to replace bulbs. if you've seen it once, you haven't seen it all because it's different each year. there's a lighted path around the outside you can walk to look at it. and surprinsgly, frerichs says setting it up is the hardest part. "taking down is easier because you don't have to worrry about where you're going to put it any

firefighters from le mars, and severarasurrounding towns, responded to the blaze, which started shortly before two p-m. we don't know what sparked the fire. but, relatives of the homeowner told news 4 that no one was hurt in the fire. weather change is beginning. what does that mean for the weekend? for that we'll toss it over to chief meteorologis t ron demers. weather ad-lib it turned into a week of melting as sioux city has now seen five straight days with highs in the 50s. now the changes start to move in. colder air will arrive for the weekend with highs saturday ending up about 10 degrees cooler than we saw today. clouds also move in and we'll see chances of the gift of giving. that's the mission of a number of siouxland mcdonald's restaurants. for the past few weeks, 20 restaurants had a "giving tree" set up at their store. both customers, and employees, could grab a tag off the tree that included items the ronald mcdonald house charities of siouxland needs. dish soap, clorox, granola bars and more were donated to families, who stay at the house. "it goes along ways for these fam

"we came because we didn't have anybody at home today," said ruth ohlrichs, a le mars, resident. "so we decided to come up here. and our families come home first tomorrow." more than 250 people registered to be part of today's meal. there were people from the hospital as well as other volunteers to helped prepare and serve the food. a sweet christmas tradition going on for more than three decades continued today in new york city. sharon fernandez is a human resources specialist at forest hills hospital in queens. for more than 30 years, fernandez has dressed up in santa's red suit and visited the newborn babies. santa sharon was joined by they sang christmas carols to the patients. fernandez says the gig started when she and a group of employees wanted to sing carols but nobody wanted to put on the suit. so she stepped to the santa plate, and the rest is history. "we used to have a nurse in our employee health that used to do this, and then, somebody used to dress like santa and one year they wouldn't put on the santa suit, so i said next year if nobody puts on the suit i'll put

game is a once in a lifetime opportunity, and it's a special chance for kids from gehlen catholic in le mars to represent their corner of northwest iowa. << nats- whistle tweets tj kruse begins the last practice for the gehlen catholic marching band. nats these 34 students are heading to warmer temperatures. :39 "every three years, the band goes to a trip and that involves a bowl game of some sort and this year we are going down to the russell's athletic bowl in orlando, florida," says tj kruse, the senior drum major of the band. the band applili and was chosen to be part of the halftime show of the game. the jays will play with 3,000 other students from 26 high schools around the country. 14:06 "our school isn't that big and getting in front of thousands of people with all those kids, it's pretty intimidating," says tyler zenk, a freshman trumpet player. 6:00 "that's my favorite part and getting together with all these other people 3,000 other high school students who love what i love and doing what i'm doing and sharing in it and living in the moment," says megan kellen, a senior snare dru

important because some sick nebraskans don't really have any other options. 3 3 3 taking live look over le mars tonight on our icon ag and turf sky watch camera. 3 it's cold tonight... but chad says more melting is in the 3 "first alert weather with siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell." 3 3 3 about today's weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 <> 3 even star wars villians can get infected with the holiday spirit. what these *stormtroopers* did for one missouri couple, coming up in tonight's "check this out." 3 asman says: "more americans busting their holiday budget this year. i'm david asman 3 black friday and cyber monday are busting holiday budgets. and starbucks makes l

later that night he will be in le mars at the plymouth county museum at 7:30 p.m. on sunday he will be in sioux city at noon at mary treglia community house. that's at 900 jennings street. from there he heads south to council bluffs. and, democrat hillary clinton plans to be in sioux city on tuesday for a 2:15 event at the orpheum theatre. the event goes until 4 p.m. ted cruz will be campaigning in iowa next week. he's planning to visit 36 counties in six days. one of his stops will take him to dordt college, in sioux center on tuesday, january 5th. he'll speak at the de yager activity center on campus from 6 until 8:30 p.m. a major shake-up in the ben the republican candidates two top aides have resigned. carson campaign manager barry bennett and communicatio ns director doug watts have stepped down. bennett says he left because of mounting frustration that carson was listening more to his longtime business manager, and not the advice of his paid campaign staff. carson has struggled in the polls since october when he was rivaling donald trump for the lead in the r

an afternoon fire has damaged a machine shed on a farm southeast of le mars, iowa. firefighters from lelears, and several surrounding towns, responded to the blaze, which started shortly before two p-m. we don't know what sparked the fire. but, relatives of the homeowner told news 4 that no one was hurt in the fire. authorities have identified the pilot who was killed in a plane crash on interstate 29 in western iowa. the pottawattami e county sheriff's office says 65-year-old john rogers of omaha, nebraska, died when his single-engine plane crashed into the interstate median just north of council bluffs, iowa. authorities say rogers experienced problems shortly after taking off from omaha's eppley airfield, and was trying to turn around. witnesses told investigators the plane struck power lines, cartwheeled and crashed nose first. it c ce to rest on its top. rogers was alone in the plane. no other injuries were reported an fbi dive team was back searching a small lake shooting massacre in san bernardino, california... looking for physical evidence the shooters may

provide remains confidential and could put this fugitive behind bars. 3 taking a live look out over le mars on our icon ag and turf sky watch camera... 3 we're already more than halfway to matching last winter's snow totals... and it's not quite december yet! chad's got the latest on our most recent winter storm, 3 "first alert weather with siouxland's chief meteorologist chad sandwell." 3 3 3 3 3 larry, diana and chad talk 3 about today's weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 <

"by bolstering the trail system, it's going to help those communities...le mars, sergeant bluff, all of those in northwest iowa to pull together. and you can do more in partnerships than you can do alone" says dan moore, city council. elisa: rough estimates for the cost of the three mile trail running from chitaqua park to chris larson park, conclude the project could run a bill of three million dollars, with the inclusion of two bridges. overall, the project for the trail system could potentially cost ten million. sioux city parks and rec will have a better idea of costs and construction plans by the end of january. another hot topic at the meeting? police body cameras. coming up tonight at six we'll hear from city council members and the police chief explain the pros and cons of body cameras for our community. reporting live in studio, elisa jenna: on the topic of police video cameras, the city of chicago has released another disturbing video that has their police department under the national spotlight yet again. this video showing police interacting with a suspect in jail, the sa

melissa ebert from cherokee was charged with atteteted murder for a head-on collision in le mars, iowa in september. three people ended up with serious injuries. she also faces her second owi offense and a charge of serious injury by motor vehicle. a federal appeals court is upholding lengthy prison terms for two sioux city brothers convicted in the armed robbery of two drug dealers. the 8th u.s. circuit court of appeals upheld a life sentence issued to 24- year-old jamal dean. the court also upheld a 30-year term for his older brother, levon dean jr. in a separate case, jamal dean has also received a 25- year prison sentence after pleading guilty to attemptetemurder in the april 2013 shooting of a sioux city police officer. the brothers traveled together from nebraska to iowa and conspired to rob local drug dealers on two occasions in april 2013. after each attack, the brothers returned to nebraska. without a place to stay after a fire yesterdrd morning in sloan, iowa. smoke filled the air as the sloan fire department made their way to prairie apartments. two women jumped from a secon

saturday evening, he'll be in storm lake at 5- 15 and le mars at 7 -30.sunday afternoon, he has an event scheduled for noon at the mary j. treglia house in sioux city. locations for the saturday events are posted in this story on siouxland news dot com 3 3 well, it looks like we're sending 2015 out on a chilly note...chad, how are the temperatures looking for the start of january? 3 <> 3 3 thousands of people in missouri will be celebrating new year's away from home... not by choice, but because of historic flooding.now... iowa governor terry branstad is sending 45 iowa army national guard soldiers to help provide fresh drinking water to people affected by the floods.the soldiers will take a water purification system and 15 trucks with a 2- thousand

after a fire.fire crews from 4 plymouth county departments were called to a farm 8 miles southeast of le mars. when they arrived... flames more than 20 feet high were coming from the roof. that roof later collapsed.no injuries were reported. the cause of this massive fire is under investigation. 3 3 a famous artist's work is making its way back to sioux city... but this time in a different way.the sioux city art center is presenting a documentary about american artist and former iowan jackson pollock's mural."the story of a modern masterpiece" was funded by the university of iowa and shows the mural's travels across the world. pollock's artwork spent some time in siouxland for nearly a year before leaving for venice italy. today-the arts center's director expressed how excited he is to show the documentary. 3 "i think it was the most important exhibition we ever we're very excited to have that here and happy to see they documented the whole process and that we're included in that documentation of the mural's story."the documentary will be shown at the arts center on december 17th at 6pm and w

a christmas display that gets a lot of accolades every year is up in le mars, iowa. mark and shari frerichs put up the extravagant and very bright display of lights and inflatable characters every year at their home on highway three. mark says it takes about six weeks to set it all up. so, how many lights are there? know for s se," said mark frerichs. "we tried counting but we can't keep track of it. it's just unreal." they've been doing this for more than 20 years and they change it up a bit each year to keep it fresh. mark says keeping it lit is an ongoing process because he's constantly having to replace bulbs. for jacque goettsch of sioux city, christmas displays are not about lights, but rather, nutcrackers. ktiv's sam curtiss shows us. << nutcrackers on the floor. nutcrackers on the shelves. nutcrackers small and large. everywhere you look in jacque goettschs family room, there's nutcrackers. "i kept getting them as gifts," said jacque goettsch. her collection is up to 243 figures. this was the first one in the hoard. "1988," said jacque goettsch. "i got it at

but in le mars, iowa, probably none are more highway three. it's not hard to it before. your eyes will practically gravitate toward the display by how large it is. mark and shari frerichs are the two masterminds behind the aurora of lights and blow-up characters. frerichs says they've been doing this for what he thinks is 24 years now. and the display keeps getting bigger every year. "taking down is easier because where you're going to put it anymoror" said mark fferichs. planned out so taking down is easier than putting up." mark says the reason he and his wife continue to do this is because it's their gift to the community. "how many lights, uh, we don't even know for sure," said mark frerichs. "we tried d unting but we can't t keep track of it. it's just unreal." he says to put it all up it takes about six weeks. mainly working on the weekends. and a couple hours here and there at night. but he says it seems never ending as upkeep is constant to replace bulbs. haven't seen it all because it's different each year. there's a lighted path around the outside you can walk

after a fire.fire crews from 4 plymouth county departments were called to a farm 8 miles southeast of le mars. when they arrived... flames more than 20 feet high were coming from the roof. that roof later collapsed.no injuries were reported. the cause of this massive fire is under investigation. 3 making its way back to sioux city... but this time in a different form.the sioux city art center is presenting a documentary about american artist and former iowan jackson pollock's famous painting called "mural." "the story of a modern masterpiece" was funded by the university of iowa and shows the mural's travels across the world. pollock's artwork spent some time in siouxland for nearly a year before leaving for venice, italy. today-the arts center's director expressed how excited he is to show the documentary. 3 "i think it was the most important exhibition we ever had at the art center. so we're very excited to have that here and happy to see they documented the whole process and that we're included in that documentation of the mural's story."the documentary will be shown at the art center on d

a group pushing for stricter animal welfare laws in iowa hosted a session in le mars last night. "iowa friends for companion animals" is lobbying for more humane conditions at the state's puppy mills. member say iowa has the second most puppy mills in the united states. "we are not trying to end dog breeding, we aren't trying to move mountains with this legislation," said kathie pfaffle. "all we're trying to do is make the conditions for the dogs living in the usda facilities in the state of iowa better." the group hopes their efforts bring stricter oversight into the industry. state democratic lawmakers are concerned over iowa governor terry branstad's plan to privatize medicaid. yesterday, they held a public forum at western to people who will be impacted directly. the organizers of the event were state representative chris hall, state representativ e dave dawson and state senator rob hogg. hall says this has become a partisan issue. "when we talk about four billion dollars being handed over from taxpayers to private companies and some of these companies have significant fraud

and wisisto come hehe in the future.in washington i'm kf reporting. 3 3 taking live look out over le mars tonight on our icon ag and turf sky watch camera.some warmer temperatures will melt the white stuff away. kayla 3 "first alert weather with meteorologist kayla novak." 3 3 3 larry and kayla talk about today's weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 stronger winds will continue through this evening with gusts near 30mph. temperatures will drop into the lower 20s with mostly cloudy skies. thursday temperatures will stay in the upper 20s with mostly cloudy skies and windy last day with temperatates in the upper 20s, then the weekend will bring some sunny skies and temperatures in the 3 3 googleleas released its list of the top searches of 2015... and a few of those may surprise you. but first... 3 3 cavuto says: "the first federal reserve interest rate hike in more than nine years. what exactly y that means for you. i'm neil cavuto with the 3 a new survey reveals some surprising news about how americans feel about the nation's airports. neil cavuto has the story in tonights fox means busine

the spencer girls, 3 and 0 -- hosting 13th-ranked le mars. start of the 2nd half -- tigers petzenhauser dribbles, drives and lays it in -- tigers add to their lead. later -- petzenhauser turning in a monster performance -- ally schlaeger finds her for an open 3 -- and she gets the roll -- a double-double for petzenhauser -- she led all scorers with 34 points to go with 12 rebounds. but the bulldogs won't go down without a fight -- 1 seconds left in the 3rd -- inbounds to cassidy utesch -- puts it in before the buzzer -- tigers by 7. but spencer holding on in the 4th -- kendra bauermeister with a look at a straight on triple -- knocks it down -- the tigers drop the bulldogs, 60-49. the norfolk boys went 25 and 0 last season, before losing in round one of the state tournament. the panthers are 1 and 1 this season -- after losing star forward tyler hagedorn to graduation. norfolk home against 2 and 1 lincoln southeast. the panthers held southeast to 16 points in last year's meeting and won by 23. first quarter - logan strom inside to lane mccall

the parade will start at 6 pm on saturday night up on 8th st sw in le mars, then it goes down through central ave. then you come out to the fair grounds after that. when they're out there, there's lots to see and do. yes there is. century hall is probably open all the time and that's a heated building which is really nice. we have probably 60 trees decorated in there this year. we have entertainment. our entertainment is a lot of local people, a lot of local bands and that type of stuff which is always kind of that in ththe to give away. we h he wagon rides with horses; we have about five teams that give wagon rides. the round barn is iconic, you can always go in there and see a lot of great stuff as well. the round barn is all decorated and will be open. it's we have a heater so that helps sosot's not too bad. santa claus is over in the sportsman and it's warm in there. that's important to know. if you want more information you can call 712-540-3442 or contact benita, her email is davisonbonita@yahoo.com. bonita, thanks for joining us. thank you. thanks for joining us around siouxlan