"we applied for a $318,000 community attraction, tourism, iowa," said matt salvatore, sioux city parks & now and they're very impressed with our project." salvatore says the committee would like to see more private financial contribution toward the project. (sheil another mild day but cooler changes are getting closer. (matt) for more on that we'll toss it over to chief meteorologist ron dememe. weather ad-lib a cold front that movethrough early in the morning brought a line of showers through and a lot of wind along with it. that wind dies down tonight and we'll get to enjoy one more day in the 50s on friday. colder weather will be moving in for the weekend as a system brings us a about 100 members of the oromo community of siouxland marched for an hour and a half to the e federal building in sioux city this afternoon. the purpose was to protest government taking of farmland in their home country of ethiopia. the marchers said the government has been taking land over the compensation. he says that led students from elementary school through protest. t they say the govererent has shot

director matt salvatore. committee will meet again monday to talk about the feedback and dicuss any alterations to their recommendations. the city park and rec advisory board will vote on the plan next wednesday. city council members will ultimately give it a thumbs up or down. tim: alchohol sales in iowa are on the rise. according to numbers released today (tuesday) by the iowa alcoholic beverage div. fiscal 2015 was a record year with just more than 319 million dollars in sales.... thats a 5.4 percent increase from 2014. liquor sales.....for products like whiskey and vodka are responsible for the majority of that increase. the top-selling brand of liquor sold in iowa was black velvet. tim: when woodbury county's social services office closes at the end of the year as part of iowa's move from state run to privatley managed medicair.....the woodbury county board of supervisors will have a bit of a delema. how to realocate funding and office space currently being used by the deptment. bell reports... the chang

director matt salvatore. jessica rae: the pool committee will meet again monday to talk about the feedback and dicuss any alterations to their recommendations. the city park and rec advisory board will vote on the plan next wednesday. city council members will ultimately give it a thumbs up or down. jessica rae: a major construction project is finally wrapping up... more than three months behind its original completion date. according to city engineers, glenn avenue will re- open todod at many parents of nearby morningside elementaryry school expressed concern at the start of the school year, when the construction began. although glenn avenue will be open again, the street may be closed briefly later on in the week for a d-o-t inspection. " " jessica rae: coming up.... we will go on the political beat... and get caught up on a number of the presidential candidates who spent their day right here in iowa. stay with us. scott: for a complete list of school and businesses closed time, head to siouxlandmatters.co

parks and recreation director matt salvatore says that is because the study also included a preliminary design. "we would have basically put together a rough idea of what we thought this project would-how it would have been done and we would have hired somebody to design and it wouldn't have g gen us ththinfo up front," said matt salvlvore, sioux city parks & recreation director. salvatore says without the study and design, they would have been going in blind into the project. city leaders say another reason beneficial are because they allow parties, that aren't affiliated with city, to make a neutral observation. in sioux city, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4.>> other sioux city studies approved for fiscal year 2016 include: a community assessment, a bridgeport traffic study, a campground site analysis, a trail study, the leeds/floyd corridor study and the neighborhood housing study. still to come here on news 4 at 6 northern iowa fighting for a spot in the fcs semifinals. they were up against north dakota state today. sam's got the highlilits in paris: there's a lot to do on a dairy farm. n

we would have hired somebody to design and it wouldn't have given us the info up front," said matt salvatore, sioux city parks & recreation director. salvatore says without the study and design, they would have been going in blind into the project. city leaders say another reason studiesbaren't afemake a neu news 4.>> other sioux city studies approved for fiscal year 2016 include: community assessment, a bridgeport 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 rec director says there is 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 rec director was in des moines to secure final funding for cone park. he says the committee would like to see more private financial contribution toward the project. sioux city officials are outlining plans for a 18th street viaduct over the rail yard off floyd boulevard.

director matt salvatore. jessica rae: e pool committee will meme again monday to talk about the feedback and dicuss any alterations to their recommendations. the city park and rec advisory board will vote on the plan next wednesday. city council members will ultimately give it a thumbs up or down. jessica rae: a major construction project is finally wrapping up... morehan three months behind its original completion date. according to city engineers, glenn avenue will reopen later today at noon. many parents of nearby morningside elementary school expressed concern at the start of the school year, when the construction began. although glenn avenue will be open again, the street may be closed briefly later on in the week for a dot inspection. jessica rae: the first of three n-a-i-a championships that call sioux city home in 2015-16 got underway last night. here's chris with the local action from the chris palmquist--"good morning everybody. 24 naia volleyball teams from across the country still have national ch

"we've been talking about it for a long time," said matt salvatore, sioux city parks and recreation director. "for the most part, people seem to be okay with the plan. it's not ideal, but we're moving forward. and we're going to provide a recommendation one way or the other." tt pool committee willllresent that will be this wednesday at four p-m at the long lines family recreation center's third floor conference room. the meeting is open to the public. the outcome will be presented to city council. hundreds gathered to pay tribute to the thousands of americans who died in the japanese attack on pearl harbor. on the early morningngf december 7th, 1941, japanese war planes bombed the u- s-s arizona battleship in a surprise attack. it was the greatest loss of life ever in an attack on a u-s warship. over 24-hundred u-s military personnel and civilians died -- including more than 17-hundred people whose remains are aboard the arizona in thehe submerged wreck. for the full speech given by president franklin $. roosevelt 74 years ago, go to our website, ktiv dot com. jimmy carter shared some good

"we've been talking about it for a long time," said matt salvatore, sioux city parks and recreation director. "for the most part, people seem to be okay with the plan. it's not ideal, but we're moving provide a recommendation one way or the other." the pool committee will be presenting the recommendati ons with the parks and recreation advisory committee. that will be this wednesday at four p-m at the long lines family recreation center third floor conference room. the meeting is open to the public. the outcome will be presented to officials in northwest iowa hope a new airport that's under construction in sioux county will boost business. the 28 million dollar project has been in the works for more than a decade. it's expected to be done in 2018. it will replace airports in orange city and sioux center that don't have the room to expand. the runways at the current airports are too short to provide the extra distance needed to take off and land in wet or snowy weather. flags around siouxland were raised at half staff until 5 this afternoon in honor of pearl harbor remembrance day. on the ear

parks and rec director matt salvatore gave an update on fundraising for cone park.he's trying to secure a 300- thousand dollar grant from the iowa community attraction tourism board to help build the park. 3 "the community attraction and tourism board really loves our project, they were also very impressed with our fundraising, they would like to see more private contributions towards the project, it just shows buy in from the community. so we're going to look at getting a few contributions here in the next month and hopefully we are able to secure the funding to do this project and do it right."it would cost about four million dollars to build access to about two-and-a-half million dollars in a trust fund that is dedicated to the park. 3 two siouxlanders and a local social service agency have received the prestigious 2015 "war eagle human rights award." 3 the awards were presented at the public museum by the sioux city human rights commission. joe twidwell was recogonized for starting a local warming shelter for homeless men, women and children.diane nusselhuf was honored for her effor

parks and rec director matt salvatore gave an update on fundraising for cone park.he's trying to grant from the iowa community attraction tourism board to help build the park. 3 "the community attraction and tourism board really loves our project, they were also very impressed with our fundraising, they would like to see more private contributions towards the project, it just shows buy in from the community. so we're going to look at getting a few contributions here in the next month and hopefully we are able to secure the funding to do this project and do it right."it would cost about four million dollars to build the park. the city already has access to about two-and-a-half million dollars in a trust fund that is dedicated to the park. 3 two siouxlanders and a local social service agency have received the prestigious 2015 "war eagle human rights award." 3 the awards were presented at the public museum by the sioux city human rights commission. joe twidwell was recogonized for starting a local warming shelter for homeless men, women and children.diane nusselhuf was honored for her eff

"we've been talking about it for a long time," said matt salvatore, sioux city parks and recreation director. "for the most part, people seem to be okay with the plan. it's not ideal, but we're moving forward. and we're going to provide a recommendation one way or the other." the pool committee will be presenting the recommendati ons with the parks and recreation advisory committee. that will be this wednesday at four p-m at the long lines family recreation center third floor conference room. the meeting is open to the public. city council. nice night, too. chief meteorologis t ron demers joins us to tell us how much longer the mild weather will stick around. we saw another pleasant day across the region with lots of sunshine and warmer temperatures, after the fog burned off this morning. we have a chance for some patchy fog yet again tonight into the pre-dawn hours of our tuesday sioux city police say a woman was held at gunpoint, and her son beaten, when burglars broke into their home early this morning. ktiv's tiffany lane terrifying incident. << jodi blackwell and her two sons were at th

director matt salvatore. "splash pads are very inexpensive from an operational standpoint. it's a longer season. you don't need lifeguards, no filtration, no chlorination. it makes sense, it's a very user friendly facility. not a replacement for about half a dozen people spoke up at tonight's meeting. the pool committee will hold their next meeting on monday to discuss tonight's meeting and debate any possible changes. it's hard to think about swimming pool, and sunblock, when some of us are clearing seven inches of snow off of our sidewalks and driveways. ron, when will this snow move out of the area? it was a day of light snow falling and blowing around a little more than yesterday...but with temperatures staying close to 32 degrees, most of the snow has been will come to an end tonight as the wind will keep blowing at about 15 to 25 miles per hour so just watch for some snow blowing back onto roadways and trying to make them a bit slick. with the the second big snowstorm of the season winding down, city crews continue to clear up the roads. crews are scheduled in 12 hour

director matt salvatore. "splash pads are very inexpensive from an operational standpoint. it's a longer season. you don't need lifeguards, no filtration, no chlorination. it makes sense, it's a very user friendly facility. not a replacememt for a pool, but the next best thing." the committee will give its final recommendati ons to the city council later this month. the sun is back. how long will it stay? ben's back with the forecast after the break. here's the live view from our ben, we're keeping our jeb bush: here's the truth you will not hear from our president: we are at war with radical islamic terrorism. it is the struggle that will determine the fate of the free world. the united states should not delay in leading a global coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. their aim is our total destruction. we have but one choice: to defeat it. vo: right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. bebe i'm likin' what i see out the window.... << some northwest iowans, mainly east of sioux city, will see the last ofofny snow early this morning exits

"we've been talking about it for a long time," said matt salvatore, sioux city parks and recreation director. "for the most part, people seem to be okay with the plan. it's not ideal, but we're moving forward. and we're going to provide a recommendation one way or the other." the pool committee will present the recommendations to the parks and recreation advisory committee. that will be tomorrow afternoon at four. it will be at the long lines family rec center third floor conference room. the meeting is open to the public. the outcome while one nebraska couple's christmas display continues to grow, so does siouxland's holiday spirit. gene watchorn and julie mcdowell of ponca have been decking their halls with christmas spirit for more than 30 years. but over the last 10 years, the array of decorations has grown to what it is today. to date, the christmas collection includes more than 100 inflatables, 17 full-size christmas trees and several hundred nutcrackers and animations. more than a thousand people visited the home last year and the couple says they expect even more visitors this holida

director matt salvatore. "splash pads are very expensive from an operational l andpoint. it's a longng season. you don't n nd lifeguards, no filtration, no chlorination. it makes sense, it's a very user friendly facility. not a replacement for a pool, but the next best thing." about half a dozen people spoke up at the meeting. the pool committeeeeill hold theieinext meeting on monday to discuss llt night's meeting and city officials unveiled a new historical marker to commemorate the 60th anniversary of rosa parks's arrest on a montgomery, alabama bus. the marker was unveiled as part of an event to honor rosa parks's pivotal role in the civil rights movement. parks was arrested on december 1st, 1955, after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a public bus. she was arrested for violating racial segregation laws that required african- americans to sit in the back of public buses. you've heard of black friday and cyber monday. but what about giving tuesday? it's a newer trend that started a few years ago. it doesn't involve shopping but rathth...giving . it was cre

parks and rec director matt salvatore gave an update on fundraising for cone park.he's tryingo secure a 300- thousand dollar grant from the iowa community attraction tourism board to help build the park. 3 "the community attraction and tourism board really loves our project, they were also very impressed with our fundraising, they would like to see more private contributions towards the project, it just shows buy in from the community. so we're going to look at getting a few contributions here in the next month and hopefully we are do this project and do it right."it would cost about four million dollars s build the park. . e city already has s million dollars in a trust 3 iowa governor terry branstad will re- write the history books monday... when he becomes the longest- serving governor in u- s history. yesterday afternoon... iowa's senior u- s senator chuck grassley gave a speech o othe senate floor honoring the governor's more than 2 decades of leadership."as governor from 1983 to 1999, terry branstad took 3 the helm during some of the state's worst economic turmoil in decades and

director matt salvatore. "splash pads are very inexpensive from an operational standpoint. it's a longer season. you don't need lifeguards, no filtration, no chlorination. it makes sense, it's a very user friendly facility. not a replacement for a pool, but the next best thing." the committee will give its final recommendati ons to the << << << << winter weather advisory in effect for yankton, clay, lincoln co., sd and lyon co., ia until midnight tonight we're not done with the snow just yet! it will be much lighter today, but will still be capable of dropping a couple more inches or so in the winter weather-advised areas up north and perhaps an inch more around sioux city before exiting tonight. the wind will be more of a player today than it was yesterday with gusts expected to be around 25 miles per hour which will cause some blowing snow and lower you know families today are so stretched... ...they're working two jobs; they're working extra hours, but paychecks have barely budged. raising family incomes is the defining economic challenge of our time... i have a plan tha