it's especially noticeable on boat hoists that have been remed this fall from east lake okoboji. the matter was a topic of discussion at this week's spirit lake city council meeting. councilman kevin bice told fellow council members he's seen numerous hoists that were completely covered anywhere they were below the water line. the concern for the city is protecting the intakes for the water treatment plant, which are located in big spirit lake. city attorney/admi nistrator greg owens told the council a project to do that continues t t move forward as quickly as ssible. owens added the city will be applying for a grant through the iowa department of natural resources revolving fund to help pay for the project... "the goal on that project as well is to, if everything goes smoothly and gets approved, to get that project out for bid early in the first part of next year." undedeay either next sprininor summerer steve,e, are other r tities that pump their drinking water from the iowa great lakes looking at similar projects? e cities of milford and wahpeton, along with central water whi

from okoboji skycam... meth is a huge problem in the state of iowa, but now a highly concentrated form of the state. iowa senator chuck grassley says he wants to change that. lauren moss has more on the new concern for lawmakers and enforcers. << "there's a lot coming in due to the supply and demand." lt. corbin payne of the waterloo police department's tri-county drug enforcement team says a pure form of meth is coming from over the border...and ending up here in iowa. "the yield of ice meth our lab results indicate around 97-98 percent pure meth compared to the home based meth labs are anywhere from 45-60 percent..so the yield is much higher." and they've been working hard to get it off iowa's streets.. "in the last probably 4 years since the ice meth has been on the rise, we've seized probably 60-70 pounds of ice meth for the value to 3-4 million dollars." meth trafficking is a big problem to take on , considering the amount of meth labs here in iowa have decreased in recent years. "it's a major problem

owen wilson and vince vaughn have nothing on here's a live look at west lake okoboji from okoboji skycam... here's your "feel good" story of the day. a father who battled leukemia worked to defy the odds again to make his daughter's wedding day even more special. after enduring extensive chemotherapy , surviving a coma, and going blind in one eye, ralph duquette and his daughter agreed that he didn't have the strength to walk her down the aisle. well, guess what? he worked with physical therapists all summer, and there they go. and ralph didn't just walk his little girl down the aisle: he also performed the ceremony, and even danced with her at the reception. a wedding in la jolla, california had an un-invited guest show up. but the happy couple didn't mind at all. after all, how many marriages start out with << this could be the ultimate wedding crash - that the bride and groom almost missed. as president obama played golf on torrey pines golf course sunday, stephanie and brian were about to get married at the adjacent lodge. (brian/groom) "he actually took his last putt and came over t

and forged a new friendship and an incredible here's a live look at west lake okoboji from okoboji skycam... it was lost for decades, but now the dog tag of a world war two veteran is back where it belongs. and it's led to a new bond between strangers. ashley davis has that story from neponset, illinois. << it started as a little fun with a metal detector for jim van staden. sound / jim van staden/ found dog tags:06-:12 "we found a couple coins, a couple nails, bottle caps, aluminum foil, then we found the tag." the dog tag of a world war two air force glider pilot, larry wilt.. sound / no super "it was just really a sense of awe, like wow you know, cause the thing, obviously it had probably been there for decades." ashley davis / reporting :28- :32 "van staden found it right under this tree here and he says he knew exactly what he had to do next." internet search after internet search, figuring out larry wilt's last known address was just up the road in hennepin and that his sister had actually lived in van staden's house before him. sound / no super "everything we found about him was re

okoboji from okoboji skycam... one very creative oregon dad has costumes for his two sons for months. that's because he transforms the boys' wheelchairs into elaborate costumes worthy of a movie screen. cathy marshall shows us. << (nats: "growls") if halloween had elves they'd be brothers in law daniel saunders (nats: "yeah my wife found that at a thrift store") and ryan weimer - (nats) their workshop is ryan's garage (nats) "this foam is called l 200" by october 31st the foam will be fashioned into indominus rex from jurassic park and a spacecraft from guardians of the galaxy. (sot: daniel saunders, builds costumes) "in the movie it's got these hands that can come out and grab stuff" 10 year old keaton weimer and his 3 year old brother bryce - ryan's sons - are the motivation and inspiration (nats: "now we can go jogging") for the halloween magic... (nats) "it turns their life around for one day" (sot: ryan weimer, father) "instead of being a kid in a wheelchair they're superstars" (sot: mother) "they look forward

happy birthdayrom all of us at here's a live look at west lake okoboji from okoboji skycam... south dakota's pheasant season opens tomorrow amid predictions that hunters will enjoy a better year than last. state wildlili officials estimate that the number of birds is up 42 percent this year due to a second consecutive year of favorable winter and spring weather. the pheasants- per-mile index is similar to 2011, when hunters bagged nearly 1.6 million birds. south dakota's pheasant season runs through january 3rd. the cold war is a hot topic in hollywood these days. this year, we've seen a handful of big-screen reenactments of the 40-year grudge, including "the man from uncle" and the chess movie "pawn sacrifice." now the masters of cinema take their turn with the ststen spielberg film "bridge of spies." here's raphael seth gives us a preview in the friday film feature. << "we need to know what the russians are telling you." tom hanks traverses troubled waters in "bridge of spies." this cold war thriller is based on actual events. hanks plays a common lawyer asked to negotiate a

here's a live look at west lake okoboji from okoboji skycam... clemson university football is currently riding high in the polls. but the school's band and mascot are number one in the heart of one south carolina family. the school staged a pep rally in honor of 10-month old addie grace, who was born with a rare, fatal disease. krysne brown has that story. << (sound of band marching) (stephanie bolt/addie grace's mother) "it just filled my heart." it's not every day.. the clemson spirit squad.. band and mascot... parade to the home of a 10-month-old baby. (jill lancaster/add ie grace's great aunt) "clemson is coming to them, so this is going to be cool." but then again... addison grace is one unique little girl. (tammy maddox/addie grace's grandmother) "she was s l smiles and unfortunately the leukodystrophy has just takes that." addie was diagnosed with krabbe disease at 3 months.. it's a rare fatal genetic disorder... (jonathan bolt/addie grace's father) "she is comfortable. she is loved obviously and so that is all we need." her parents don't

here's a live look at west lake okoboji from okoboji if you think we can grow our economy while ignoring climate change, think again. america's most innovative companies using existing technology to improve their bottom line. now we need a plan to help businesses and families across america to save money on electricity and create millions of new jobs. it all starts with 50% clean energy by 2030. so, what are we waiting for? skycam... state are working together to do something unusual for their students. they're burying a body. but it's not what you think. chris luther explains. << ("they use this site very little") coroners are used to identifying skeletons... but today, they're finding a good spot to bury one. (dan blasdel, coroner) "they're not real skeletons, they're plastic skeletons actually," so the skeletons are plastic and made in china... still, they're serving an important purpose... to help train future death investigators. in the spring, dozens of students will come back to this spot and learn some important lessons. (dan blasdel, coroner) "well they'll learn the proper way t

paddleboarding might be the here's a live look at west lake okoboji from okoboji skycam... justin bieber says, i quit. the pop star stopped a concert in oslo, norway after just one song because fans got in his way as he tried to wipe up liquid on stage. video posted on social medial shows a visibly irritated bieber saying "gimmeme me a second. guys, i am done. i am not gonna do the show." he then walks off stage before some one-thousand screaming fans. earlier this week, bieber quit a radio show in spain. bieber writes on instagram that he has had a rough week and says, "i don't always handle things the right way but i'm human." christmas decorations appear a little earlier every year, and movie studios are following suit with their baubles. the holiday movie season used to start thanksgiving weekend, but the release of next week's james bond film signals that the rush is on. raphael seth has holiday box office preview in the friday film feature. << star wars. i could pretty much end right there as this cinematic juggernaut prepares to fly an imperial battle cruiser filled

when we here's a live look at west lake okoboji from okoboji skycam... what's it worth to have front-row seats at the world series? for a couple of new york mets fans, the answer is 17- thousand dollars -- each. two seats behind home plate at game three sold on stub-hub for 17-thousand, 533 dollars apiece. the original ticket price was about 700 bucks. compare that to the most expensive super bowl ticket in february -- a little less than 13- thousand. with those prices, you wouldn't know the mets are down two games to none in the series. game three, tomorrow night in new york. you know those i-d chips you can have implanted in your pet? well, they come in handy. recently, one of them helped reunite an iowa girl with the cat she lost 14 years ago. needless to say...they have a lot of catching up to do. emmy victor reports. << fourteen years later... an unexpected reunion. (jill petticord/ral ph's owner) "not even a possibility that i was ever jill received ralph as a christmas present from the a-r-l in 19-98. (rita korn/jill petticord's mother) "she carri

here's a live look at west lake okoboji from okoboji skycam... sesame strtrt is getting a new character. julia, a little girl who has autism joined elmo, big bird and the rest of the sesame street family this week. julia is part of an initiative to promote awareness about autism. october is almost its own movie season in hollywoooo studios often save their scariest flicks to relelee around halloween, and there are two spine-tinglers in theaters this weekend. plus, bradley cooper and bill murray are out with new movies, too. here's raphael seth with the << it's not normal activity, it's "paranormal activity: the ghost dimension." this is the sixth and final installment of the spooky surveillance franchise. this time, a new homeowner finds a creepy old video camera...that has a ghost filter. "paranormal activity" is rated r. vin diesel kills fast d furious in "the lala witch hunter." he's a man cursed with immortality after killing the queen of the witches. so he continues to hunt down the wiccan mafia, until he finds out the queen is not as dead a

okoboji from our okoboji skycam... college students can get very creative`ehen it comes to making meals on a budget. sometimes it requires taking everything in the cupboards and whipping up something they hope tastes good. a fofoer university of souou dakota football player is taking his s tchen creations and turning them into profit. << "we had a surplus, in college, of chken in our house and i just wanted different ways to make it," says giese. so, david giese started experimenting... grabbing anything edible and mixing it with chicken. "just trial and error," says giese. as a former student at the university of south dakota, giese spent a lot of his time on the football field, playing defensive tackle for the coyotes. but when he wasn't on the grididon, he was in the kitchen. "i love cooking," says giese. "i love seeing the smile on people face'shen they eat my food." now, at 25-years-old, giese's back on his home turf... but this time he's traded in his cleats for a new set of wheels... a food truck called "finn's

the wolfpack will play okoboji in sheldon next wednesday for a trip to state. down to 1a.....central lyon beats newell- fonda 3-1....the lions will square off with bishop garrigan wednesday night in sibley in the regional final.... eighth-ranked gehlen catholic rolls past ar-we- va....it will be the jays against george-little rock in sioux center on wednesday. alex battle creek might just be the hottest team in nebraska heading into the playoffs. in the month of october, the allowed six points in four games....posting three shutouts. battle creek playoff run tonight against elmwood- murdock. opening quarter....kobe lade with a ridiculous punt return....check out the vision....he dances all the way down deep inside enemy territoty... setting up this....derek renner....with a man's touchdown...punis hing defenders...battle creek takes the 7-0 lead... after a three and out....renner picks up a big chunk again into knight terriroty...no answer for him... then he cashes it in...14-0 braves and they win easily....53-0 the final. elsewhere in c- 2.....yutan takes care

sioux central hosts okoboji. and north union heads to emmetsburg.in the other half of the bracket we will see number two unity christian hosting ridge view. ikm manning heads to manson northwest webster. twelth ranked lawton bronson hosts mvao. and woodbury central one central lyon hosts hms, newell fonda plays home to storm lake saint mary's and clay central everly heads to harris lake park. and in 1-a region two ar-we-va travels to dunlap to take on boyer valley. westwood hosts number 8 gehlen in what should be a great matchup, george little rock hosts trinity christian. and 14th ranked siouxland community christian takes on kingsley-pierson. 3 <

our first photo comes from the cherokee washington versus okoboji game where the score was 14 to 9 at the half. and our next photo was submitted by staci girres from the gtra versus lake park game where the theme tonight is "hunting for a victory." you've got pictures and we want to see them. share your school spirit -- and get on tv. tweet photos to @ktivsports and use the "hashtags" sportsfource extra and fanfource. you can also use instagram and email them to at connect-dot-ktiv.com. next week you could be the star. there was another great matchup in class a, between akron- westfield and lawton- bronson. to say they were evenly matched is an under- statement. sportsfource is "on the road" live in akron, iowa. that's where we find ktiv's sam curtiss. both akron-westfield and lawton-bronson had identical records. they were both 5-2 overall and 4-1 in district play. the winner would probably be home for round one of the playoffs. breast cancer awareness night for the westerners wearing those pink jerseys hosting lawton-bronson. eagles led 7-6 at the half - this 3rd quarter fade to aar

okoboji over sibley ocheyedan 3-0. ikm manning goes to five sets to beat south central calhoun. ar we va over woodbine 3-0. siouxland community christian over river valley 3-1. kingsley pierson over charter oak ute 3-0. ridge view tops alta-aurelia 3-0. same scores for woodbury central over west monona. also for rock valley over south obrien. boyden hull over west sioux 3-0. westwood over west harrison 3-0. and mvao over oa bcig 3-0. chris>> tonight we continue with our game of the week coach interviews. tonight i caught up with ridge view coach jeff dee hon earlier this evening in schaller to talk about this week's matchup with western christian. did you know that all four teams jockeying for playoff positioning in 1-a district two have been ranked at some point this season. i asked coach what it would mean to be the team that finishes first or even second out of that group, which are both possible outcomes if they can just beat 8th ranked western christian somehow friday night. "i know a lot of people probably didn't pick us to be in the top four this year. but we had a lot of

it's the same situation when sioux *center* visits okoboji in class 2a district one. the winner is the last team in. the team that loses is done for the year. meanwhile in nebraska in class a the top three teams in each district make the playoffs. but if n nfolk falls to kearney this week they could fall to fourth in their district and would hope for one of the four at large bids based on nebraska's point system. they're probably in but it's no sure bet. in c-1 and c-2 it's a little different. each of the 8 district winners gets in plus it's not ironclad you feel pretty good about getting in if you're in the top 16. so since pierce cannot win their district which belongs to norfolk catholic that's where they want to be. they are currently in 14th so they can't afford to c-2 battle creek and oakland craig arin. stanton and crofton are firmly on the bubble at 15 and 16. they want toe top 14 though because two district winners are actually ranked behind them! hartington cedar catholic and lutheran high northeast will need wins and help to stay alive. chris>> and as you j

sioux central hosts okoboji. annorth union heads to emmetsburg.in the other half of the bracket we will see number two unity christian hosting ridge view. ikm manning heads to manson northwest webster. twelth ranked lawton bronson hosts mvaoaoand woodbury central heads to hinton.in 1-a number one central lyon hosts hms, newell fonda plays home to storm lake saint mary's and clay central everly heads to harris lake park. and in region two ar-we-va travels to dunlap to take on boyer valley. westwood hosts number 8 gehlen in what should be a great matchup, george little rock hosts trinity christian. and 14th ranked siouxland community christian takes on kingsley-pierson. 3 twins right fielder torri hunter has admitted to contemplating retirement each of the lasttwo seasons. tonight he decided it was finally time to do just that. the nineteen year major league veteran first broke in with the twins in 1997. he would play 12 seasons there. hunter finished his career with a 277 batting average, nearly 1400 rbis, and sit

okoboji and sibley ocheyeden. winner plays sioux central. in region 2 alta aurelia hosts ridge view. winner heads to number 2 unity christian. south ceceral calhoun and ikm m nning square off with the e nner playing at manson nw webster. mvao and oabcig, winner gets a hot steaming bowl of alphabet soup. and they play at number 14 lawton bronson next week. the winner of the aformentioned woodbury cental and west monona game heads to the giant killers in hinton. in 1a action apparently being ranked does not get you a bye! ninth ranked gehlen catholic opens up hosting whiting. 4th ranked george little rock, 2nd ranked central lyon and two other non ranked teams do. also in class a hms and remsen st marys play the winner gets number two central lyon. remsen union hosts storm lake saint mary's. gtra and clay central everly square off as well. in region 2 the winner of ar-we-va and woodbine heads to boyer valley. westwood hosts west harrison. the winner of that game plays the winner of gehlen and whiting in sloan. trinity christian hosts akron-wes

it's especially noticeable on boat hoists that have been removed from east lake okoboji this fall. the matter was a topic of discussion at this week's spirit lake city council meeting. the concern for the city is protecting the intakes for the water treatment plant, which are located in big spirit lake. city officials are working on a project that would do that. they're appling for a dnr grant to pay for it and construction could get underway next spring or summer. other cities have already installed zebra mussel mitigation systems on their intake structures, which are located in west lake okoboji. this summer, a surgeon at a norfolk, nebraska hospital was able to save a man's hand after a waterskiing accident. now, three months later, that patient is talking about what happened, and the medical miracle that saved his hand. ktiv- us92's rachel urbanski has the story.... and just a warning... some of the images may be a little graphic. << benjamin witkowski was a passenger on a jet ski when something went totally wrong. he had noticed a rope dragging behind the jet ski and tied it a

okoboji over sibley ocheyedan 3-0. ikm- manning goes to five sets to beat south central calhoun. ar- we- va over woodbine 3-0. siouxland community christian over river valley 3-1. kingsley- pierson over charter oak- ute 3-0. ridge view tops alta-aurelia 3-0. same scores for woodbury central over west monona. also for rock valley over south o'brien. and mvao over oa- bcig 3-0. the royals are now one win away from another trip to the world series... defeating the toronto blue jays tuesday afternoon 14-2 to take a 3-1 series lead in the american league championship series! alcides escobar with 4 rbis in this one. starting pitcher chris young and four releivers combined to allow just 2 earned runs in this one. you could make a pretty good case that 12th ranked iowa is catching a bye week at the perfect time. record-setting running back jordan canzeri headlines the st of injured players from the first 7 games of the season, all wins. the hawkeyes won't play again until halloween when they host the currently 2-4 maryland terrapins. after saturday's blowout victory at northwestern, the