after south sioux city, ricketts headed to columbus, nebraska. during his speech, today, governor ricketts honored a madison county sheriff's sergeant. todd volk got a standing ovation from those gathered at the annual address, in lincoln. back in december, volk jumped onto a moving, runaway semi to save a driver who was having a medical episode. dashcam video of the rescue was seen millions of times on the internet as word of the story spread. two days after delivering his "condition of the state" speech, in des moines, iowa governor terry branstad hit the road to sell his ideas to iowans. the focus of his speech, on tuesday, was an extension of the penny sales tax to pay for school infrastructure and water extend the tax by 20-years, to 2049. the first 10-million dollars of new revenue, each year, will go to schools. right now, all schools share 458-million dollars. but, by 2049, the total grows to 788-million dollars, annually. over the next 33-years, the tax split will be worth 4- billion dollars to the state's water quality initiatives. "the

in south sioux city, ricketts relief. he also touted nebraska's unemployment rate of 2.9 percent, which is the second lowest in the country. but, ricketts says that also leads to challenges finding a skilled workforce. "we've created the nebraska developing youth talent private sector companies to get them involved with our schools to help develop some of that training at an early age," said nebraska governor pete ricketts. gov. ricketts visited 3 other cities yesterday and has 6 more to visit today to finish his trip across the state. coming up next, we'll go back to the tyson events center as they're getting ready for the monster truck show this weekend. and i'll have your complete forecast next! cordes: most nurses are tough. they're problem-solvers. they like making things better. people don't have access to healthcare because they just can't afford it. and major medical companies are ripping us off. bernie tells the truth, and he's been consistent. he understands that the system is rigged, and he's the only one who c

ricketts spoke with media about his top priority... property low unemployment rate of 2.9 percent, which is the second lowest in the country. but, ricketts says that also leads to challenges finding a skilled workforce. "we've created the nebraska developing youth talent initiative which is working with private sector companies to get them involved to get them involved with our schools to help develop some of that training at an early age," said nebraska governor pete ricketts. today, ricketts also taked about the controversial policy the nebraska school activities association board passed that would allow transgender students to participate in sports. the board passed its gender participation policy on a six-to-two vote. "as the father of two daughters, i can tell you, i'd be very concerned about boys competing in sports against my daughters," said ricketts. "i think what some other boards have voted for, which is gender at birth to determine this is absolutely appropriate." he also talked about his brief he also talked about his brie

rickett's) has realm of services me must have and those we'd like to have," bancroft, ne. but, the gov. didn't stop with property tax relief. ricketts is also asking lawmakers to approve using $150 million of the state's cash reserve to improve infrastructure. that'll possibly drive forward the expansion of highway 81 and highway 275 from two to four lanes. "it gives a base, along with the design-build concept, so that we can start getting dirt moved on 275 as early as 2019,"said state sen. jim scheer, norfolk, ne.. but, time is not on the is an even year, there's only year. already one week into the 2016 session...the clock is ticking reporting in lincoln, nebraska with chief photogrpaher jordan ogren, robert lowe, ktiv news 4. >> when ricketts finished his speech, he embarked on a

reporting in lincoln, nebraska, >> governor ricketts was also in south sioux city today. the governor touted nebraska's low unemployment rate of 2.9 percent, which is the second lowest in the country. two days after delivering his "condition of the state" speech, in des moines, iowa governor terry branstad has hit the road to sell his ideas to iowans. the focus of his speech, on tuesday, was an extension of the penny sales tax to pay for school infrastructure and water quality. branstad wants to extend the tax by 20-years, to 2049. the first 10-million dollars of new revenue, each year, will go to schools. right now, all schools share 458-million dollars. but, by 2049, the total grows to 788-million dollars, annually. over the next 33-years, the tax split will be worth 4- billion dollars to the state's water quality initiatives. businesses i've talked to, the environmentalists i've talked to all are complemetary that we've come up with an "outside the box", unique idea here," said gov. terry branstad, (r) iowa. "it's one that can be done without raising taxes at a time th

governor ricketts delivers his state of the state speech to the nebraska legislature tomorrow. the nebraska state patrol investigating a crash that claimed the life of a colfax county sheriff's deputy. 36-year old dan coughlin was killed when his car hit a deer carcass on highway 30 near rogers hit another vehicle. coughlin had just finished a 12-hour shift and was headed home to fremont when the accident happened yesterday morning. coughlin was pronounced dead at the scene. the driver of the other car was treated at a hospital and released. walmart is recalling 330- thousand griddles due to a shock hazard. the recall involves t tse rival brand griddles. they arerelack with model number xj-14207. "walmart" and the model number are printed on the bottom. the griddles were sold nationwide at walmart stores and at walmart dot com last year from july through december. if you have one, you should stop using it and return it to any walmart store for a full refund. the largest lottery jackpot in the world is up for grabs tonight in the latest t werball awing. the prize has climbed tot

several dignitaries will speak including governor pete ricketts. the tribute begins at 1 p.m. saturday. those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97.5 and 106 kix." and your powerball number 10. the big power ball drawing was called wednesday night. and three lucky winners are going to take home their share of prize money, a combined 1 point 5 billion dollars jessica rae: while one iowa man didn't win the powerball jackpot... he is going home with a seven- figure consolation prize. bryon stewart's numbers of wednesday's lottery... but not the powerball number. anyone who gets just the first five numbers wins one million dollars. but stewart added the "power play" option to his ticket, doubling his prize. stewart and his girlfriend say they will use the money to pay off some loans and possibly buy a house. (bryon stewar, powerball winner) "we got out - the car was just too small to hold all of the excitment. so we jumped out and we were just hugging each other and we were just the happiest couple in the world." bryon described winning the powerbalal sayin

i've got a couple of daughters myself that are a little bit younger ", ricketts. governor rickets says he doesn't plan to support legislation bria plan to support legislation bria that involves unless it is first approved by the f-d-a. reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. tim: iowa governor terry branstad got the chance to stop by our abc9 studio's today to speak on his goals for the hawkeye state. caling it one of his bolderst proposals ever... the governor is asking the legislature to extend the states one cent sales tax earmarked for school improvements gthrough 2049. a 20 year extension. the plan calls for the fuirst 10 million dollars in new revenue to again go to schools with additional dollar targeted for water quality improvment in the state... almost 5 billiion dollars. the plan has receuived a luke warm recepton in des moines but he told me the dollars make sense. "sales tax unlike uncome tax doesnt vary as much. in a year like this where farm income is down, farmers arent paying as much in taxes, but people are still buying things and so the

nebraska governor pete ricketts gives his state of the state on thursday. ricketts says he will not meeting with the president tomorrow in omaha at uno. ricketts has a scheduling conflict and plans to send the lt. governor insnsad. the president delivered his final state of the union address tonight. president obama combined an ambitious agenda with a sense of hope fo the futre. the also, urged members of congress to work together. and, hopes the speech will serve as a call to action. "our optimism and work ethic, our spirit of discovery and innovation, our diversity and commitment to the rule of law - these things give us everything we need to ensure prosperity and securititfor gop candidates for president criticized the president's speech. donald trump says it was boring, slow, lethargic and hard to watch. one issue overshadowin g the president's speech, the american sailors detained by iranian guards. ten were taken after the americans after two ships drifted into iranian waters in the persian gulf. just minutes ago, a u.s. defense official said plans we

ricketts outlined his agenda in his second state of the state address this morning. his proposals include an infrastructure bank that would accelerate work on road and bridge projects. balance its budget without tapping into cash reserve, which some lawmakers have said may be necessary. governor ricketts plans to speak at a news conference in south sioux city, just about 25 minutes from now. we'll have coverage from south sioux and lincoln tonight on news four. the republican presidential candidates face off in the first debate of the year tonight. the debate in north charleston, south carolina is being hosted by fox business network. it will focus on economic, domestic and international policy issues. the seven candidates chosen for the main debate are donald trump, senator ted cruz, senator marco rubio, ben carson, governor chris christie, jeb bush and governor john kasich. 18 days out from the iowa caucus, hillary clinton's edge over bernie sanders has shrunk to just two percentage points in iowa. that's according to a new bloomberg/de s moines register poll relea

ricketts called for more cuts and changes to the state's property tax system... to help troubled farmers and ranchers affected by lower commodity prices.he also called for investment in roads and bridges... and for government departments to work smarter to save taxpayers' money. 3 3 after his state of the state address... governor ricketts headed to south sioux city for his s annual state of the state fly around.the stop in south sioux city is the first of 1 events at 11 locations in 2 days.the governor answered questions about his proposals to close a gap in the state budget... and also his position on the debate over legalizing medical cannabis in nebraska. 3 "we have a process here in this country to take drugs like marijuana, you know for medical purposes, it's called the f-d-a and in fact their are dirivitives of marijuana right now that are going through that f-d-a process. i think that's the appropriate way for us to determine whether or not the safe and effective"after south sioux city, the governor took off for events in columbus, grand island and hastin

earlier in the day ricketts gave his state of the state address, saying t focus going forward will be on giving nebraskans relief from growing property taxes and increasing state funding for education. my legislative agenda for this year are those proposals. it's two bills, one in the education and one in the revenue comitee that limit the growth of spending at the local entitities. we the state, we don't collect those dollars, your counties, cities, nrd's, school districts, community colleges. so what we've done is taken those other limits before and put them back underneath that package," said ricketts. when it comes to marijuana or gambling legislation, governor rickets says he doesn't plan to support those efforts. tim: onto the campaign trail... tonight g- o-p heavyweights will be in south carolina for the last debate before the iowa caucuses. 7 candidates will be on the main stage as carly fiorina and rand paul were bumped down to the undercard debate, set to take place before the main debate. rand paul saying he's boycotting the debate after the move. (sot paul) "to be artifici

ricketts called for more cuts and changes to the state's property taxsystem... to help troubled farmers and ranchers affected by lower commodity prices.he also called for investment in roads and bridges... and for government departments to work smarter to save taxpayers' money. 3 3 after his state of the state address... governor ricketts headed to south sioux city for his annual state of the s ste fly around.the stop in south sioux city is the first of 12 events at 11 locations in 2 days.the governor answered questions about his proposals to close a gap in the state budget... and also his position on the debate over legalizing medical cannabis in nebraska. 3 "we have a process here in this country to take drugs like marijuana, you know for medical purposes, it's called the f-d-a and in fact their are dirivitives of marijuana right now that are going through that f-d-a process. i think that's the appropriate way for us to determine whether or not the use of marijuana as a drug is safe and effective"after south sioux city, the governor took off for even in columb

nebraska governor pete ricketts, state senator lydia brasch, and congressman jeff fortenberry. 3 "he loved the people so much, and i'd just like to thank everybody, our governor, the senators, the congress people, all of our military, everyone, thank you so much for coming, and sharing with us. thank you."the 45-year-old was a 3 member of the new york city police department for 16 years, and also a member of the new york air national guard. 3 "events like this are important, for the families to say goodbye to their loved ones, for us as a community to be here for those families who have lost their loved ones. and also for us as a state and a nations to be inspired by been such great american heroes, who sacrifice their lives for our freedoms."governor 3 rickets has officially

so what we've done is taken before and put them that package," said ricketts. jessica rae: governor ricketts also spoke about president obama's visit to omaha earlier this week "as president obama got off the plane, we talked a little bit about the trade, obviously that's important to our state to make sure we grow our key dustrries of agriculture and manufacturing. we also talked about the importance offutt air force space to nebraska and what a great facility it is to serve the nation's needs. i thanked him for his there was a little bit of small tk about his daughters growg up. i've got a couple of daughters myself that are a little bit younger ", ricketts. governor rickets says he doesn't plan to support legislation that involves gambling or marijuana... unless it is first approved by the f-d-a. " jessica rae: up next, we will take you to des moines where iowa democratic leaders are turning their focus to state- wide education. the full story is up ahead. scott: we'll have... "you're watching abc9 news this morning... with ... jessica rae... and meteorologi

governor pete ricketts... state senator lydia brasch... and congressman jeff fortenberry. 3 "he loved the people so much, and i'd just like to thank everybody, our gogornor, the senators, the congress people, all of our military, everyone, thank you so much for coming, you."the 45 - year - old was a member of the new york city police department for 16 ars... heas a member of the new york air national guard... to 3 "events like this are important, for the families to say goodbye to their loved ones, for us as a community to be here for those families who have lost their loved ones. and also fofous as a state and a nations to be inspired by people like joe lemm, who have been such great american heroes, who sacrifice their lives for our freedoms."governor rickets has

ricketts called for more cuts and changes to the state's property tax system... to help troubled farmers and ranchers affectededy lower commodity prices.he also called for investment in roads and bridges... and for government departments to work smarter to save taxpayers' money. 3 3 after his state of the state address... governor ricketts headed to south sioux city for his annual state of the state fly around.the stop in south sioux city is the first of 12 events at 11 locations in 2 ys.the governor answered questions about his proposals to close a gap in the state budget... and also his position on the debate over legalizing medical cannabis in nebraska. 3 "we have a process here in like marijuana, you know dangerous drugs, and usesethem for medical purposes, it's called the f-d-a and in fact their are dirivitives of marijuana right now that are going through that f-d-a process. i think that's the appropriate way for us to determine whether or not the use of marijuana as a drug is safe and effective"after south sioux city, the governor took off for events in co

coming off his state of the state address, nebraska governor pete ricketts made a stop in south sioux city yesterday. spreading the word on his plans going forward into 20-16 saying he'll be working on giving nebraskans relief from growing property taxes and increasing state funding for education. "that's a key part of my legislative agenda for this year are those proposals. it's two bills, one in the education and one in the revenue comitee that limit the growth of spending at the local entitities. we the state, we don't collect those dollars, your counties, cities, nrd's, school districts, community colleges. so what we've done is taken those other limits before and put them back underneath that package," said ricketts. jessica rae: governor rickets says he doesn't plan to support legislation that involves gambling or marijuana... unless it is first approved by the f-d-a. jessica rae: donald trump is bringing his campaign back to siouxland... but that's stirring up a debate of its own. make america great again ... that i can tell you ... we'll make it great again." jessica rae: dona

ricketts called for more cuts and changes to the state's property tax system... to help troubled farmers and ranchers affected by lower commodity prices. he also called for investment in roads and bridges... and for government departments to work smarter to save taxpayers' money. 3 3 after r e speech... governor ricketts was in south sioux city for his annual state of the state fly around. the stop in south sioux city is the first of 12 events at 11 places in 2 days. the governor answered questions about his proposals to close a gap in the state budget... and also gave his position on the debate over legalizing medical marijuana in nebraska. 3 "we have a process here in this country to take drugs like marijuana, you know dangerous drugs, and use em for medical purposes, it's their are derivatives of going through that f-d-a appropriate way for us to determine whether or not the use of marijuana as a drug is safe and effective"after south sioux city... the governor took off for columbus... grand island... and hastings. 3 3 this morning... iowa's governor is thanki

ricketts is looking to ease that burden for his constituents. but, some are worried about the unitended ripp effect that could have on rural school districts. city and school leaders in south sioux city talked about that today. ... abc9's elisa raffa has more.... "property tax relief is not an education issue. education is dependent upon the mechanisms the state identifies for us, and there are limits to what we can do. we get the fact that there needs to be property tax relief, but what we'r'ralso saying is n't do that on thebacks of oururids" says vernon fisher, superintendent, south sioux city schools. nebraska govenor ricketts has put into motion a legislative bill that wod cap property taxes in oder to help ag land producers. the problem is nebraska is ranked 49th in the country for state funding of k through 12... making them the second most reliant on property taxes to fund schools. with little funding from the state, and a possible cap on property taxes. red flags have been raised. "the problem is by capping it, it may or may not, depend

pete ricketts has made good on his promise to veto a proposed 6-cent- per-gallon gas tax increase. the republican governor rejected the measure shortly after lawmakers gave it final approval thursday. the bill was introduced by sen. jim smith of papillion, who casts the measure as a "user fee" for motorists and argues that good roads promote economic growth. nebraska judges in brown and burt counties have entered orders placing nursing homes in ainsworth and lyons in receivership. attorney general doug peterson ordered the receiverships and filed court proceedings, at the request of courtney phillips, c.e.o of the nebraska department of health and human services. owner deseret health has been financially unable to pay staff and ensure the future care of residents. norfolk mail carriers need your help in stamping out hunger this weekend during the national association of letter carriers' simply fill a bag with non-perishable food items, place it near your mailblb and collect it. all of the food collected will be donated to the pantry. those and more stories can be heard lite rock 97

also making the trip was nebraska govenor pete ricketts who hnored lemm's life and hihifamily with a special announcement. "i pete ricketts govovor of the state ofof nebraska do hereby proclala the 16th day of 2016 as sagreant joseph lemm day in nebraska and i herebe do urge all citizens to take due note of this observance." and it was just amazing to see how many people from all over the country had made the trip to beemer to honor their friend, colleague and family member. lukas we'll have much more from the ceremony... all coming up tonight at 10. and in the meantime ... if you are interested in joseph lemm's life, i met with the family last week and thatattory is up on abc9's facebook page ... reporting live in studio ... lukas voss ... abc9 news. deborah iran has freed with the united states. the u-s government said the swap is the result of more than a year of top secret negotiations. washington post journalist jason rezai-an is among those freed...along with three others. a senior administration official said in return... the u-s is dropping charges against seven iranians....c

let's get you to lauryn ricketts. lauryn? >> we've got this weather that's moving into our region pretty quickly. look at this snow. geevgt the blizzard warnings in red, the winter storm warnings in pink. the difference are going be the wind that picks up after 6:00 tonight. not a lot of time before that snow starts. a lot of it evaporating before it hits the ground. we're seeing a lot of it gather on the ground toward richland, and going through the shenandoah valley. this is going to don't intense five after about the new hour. baltimore after about 2:00 p.m. and this is what we're expecting. yes, 20 to 30 inches of snow. when you wake up tomorrow morning, you're going have a foot of snow on the ground. get to where you need to go right now because after we get into the new hour, early afternoon, all bets are off because once it starts falling, it is going to gather on the ground all too quickly as we know because of those road temperatures. a little bit less in accumulation toward southern maryland because of sleet mixing

ricketts wall street money.y're more worried about hillary clinton being in the white house, being a president who will reign wall street in. >> they are worried about her being in the nominee. >> if they were worried about bernie sanders standing up to wall street and doing that, they would be running ads against him. they are putting their money where they think it will do the most good for their cause, which is to keep somebody away from reigning in wall street, which she will do if president. >> john kasich has the line we're going to win 50 states. you see people saying if ted cruz is the nominee, gold water. it strikes me the way the demographic politics of america works, no one is winning 50 states. you start -- you got the nomination, if anyone in this room got a nomination, they start with 20 states. >> it's probably more than that. if you look at what democrats have done in the last four elections we have won, set aside al gore. if you look at the last six elections, two clinton elections, two obama el

ricketts continues his tour around nebraska today. here's meterologist ben dorenbach with weather. << << << we'll follow up yesterday's mild weather with another day just like it today with a bigger surge into the 30s (a few 40s too) and some decent sunshine! enjoy it because it's the last of them we'll see for a little while. as a cold front moves through tonight, we'll see a few light snow showers across the area as temperatures begin their decent into the teens and 20s and pretty much hold steady there tomorrow morning and fall a bit more tomorrow afternoon. conditions won't get much better this weekend with highs expected to be in the single digits and lower teens with lows falling to near 10 below zero saturday night with a few possible little bit early next >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee

pete ricketts says he won't meet with the president today when he visits omaha. he will send the lt. governor in rickets says he has a scheduling conflict. the governor plans to give his state of the state on thursday. iowa lawmakers will tackle a 7-billion dollar budget this legislative session. while that may sound like a lot of money, officials claim the budget will be "tight". and, as ktiv's matt breen explains, the governor has his priorities. << governor terry branstad pitched nearly 2-and-a-half percent in additional state aid to schools during his annual "condition of the state" speech. but, the biggest boon to schools is a plan to extend the penny sales tax for 20 more years and use the additional revenue to fund school infrastructure and water quality. "this is a monumental investment in both education funding and water quality and does it without raising taxes," branstad said. some republicans say they're uncomfortabl e redirecting tax money from a sales tax extension that was originally intended to fund schools only. lawmakers are on the clock... they

ricketts govenor of the state of nebraska do hereby proclaim the 16th day of 2016 as sagreant joseph lemm day in nebraska and i herebe do urge all citizens to take due note of this observance." jessica rae: people who attended the service say it was just amazing to see how many people from all over the country had made the trip to beemer to honor their friend, colleague and family member. " jessica rae: coming up in sports..iowa hosted michigan at a sold-out carver-hawkeye arena.... find out if the hawkeyes extended their winning streak when we come back. experienced unparalleled athletic success over the past few months. from the gridiron to the hardwood, the hawkeyes are rolling. alex walker has more. iowa is off to a 4-0 start in big ten plala for the first time in 17 years. to m me that even sweeter, the hawks completed the season sweep of michigan state for the first time since 1993. what could iowa possibly do as an encore... michigan in town on sunday at a sold-out carver-hawkeye arena...the wolverines 3-1 in conference play. opening minute....anthony clemmons attacks the rack

a new super pac ad is being run by joe ricketts. they have been huge supporters in this presidential race of wisconsin race scott walker. the problem for the family is that scott walker pooped out really early. they have a ton of money. they love to spend their money to help republicans win elections. they have a keen interest in this presidential election but don't like any of the candidates as much as they like scott walker. they are not choosing any one republican candidate over any of the others. not picking a favorite but instead, they are trying to spend their money choosing a democratic opponent for whoever the republican nominee is likely to be. joe's super pac has pulled a page from the claire mccaskill play book, they have started running this negative ad in iowa to try to affect the iowa democratic primary. >> senator bernie sanders has some very big plans. bernie wants to provide free college for our young people, no tuition, completely free. how he's doubling down with medicare for all which is single payer government s

pete ricketts' p.m. this afternoon, on newstalk wjag. for those wishing to show, which is sponsored by the nebraska broadcasters association. and producers are reminded to check their stored grain to make sure it is not going out of condition. burt county extension educator john wilson says the grain will never be in better condition than the day it was put in the bin. these and more stories can be heard on newstalk wjag, literock 97.5 and 106kix. jessica rae: coming up in sports....iowa hosted purdue looking for the season sweep of the boiler- makers...alex has the highlights come back. scott: surprise you. 78-percent of americans look forward to super bowl commercials -- more than the game. that's according to a san francisco ad agency survey of one-thousand people. anheuser-busch released a short teaser of their bud light ad that will play during the game. comic amy schumer and actor seth rogen... suiting up. and this funny clip falls in line with another of the study's findings. 95-percent of those surveyed said they'd rather see com

i'm landon dowdy. >>> i'm lauryn ricketts.we have some sunshine out there from this picture -- i know pictures are worth a thousand words, but it doesn't look too windy out there now. the camera is not shaking. of course i go live and show this the camera is not shaking. but winds are really kicking up. we'll see the winds until about 5:00. i want to alert you there will be rain friday night into saturday morning. cold air will return on monday. we'll warm up friday and saturday. not warming up today. 32 is all we'll be. good news is wind also calm down during the evening. then as we continue into the overnight, teens and 20s. guys? >> thank you. >>> a big milestone for the tsa. more than 2 million people have enrolled in tsa precheck. the program allows you to pass through security faster. it started back in 2013. enrolling costs $85, you must be a u.s. citizen or lawful permanent resident. in october the tsa ended a secondary aspect of the precheck program after undercover investigators were able to smuggle illegal items thr

details on that 3 nebraska's governor is unhurt after a car accident this morning.governor pete ricketts was a passenger in a van being driven by a state trooper 3 when that van hit a pickup thth ran a stop sign in downtown lincoln this morning.ricketts' office says neither the governor nor his driver were injured in the accident... but the driver of the pickup was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries. 3 3 the number of presidential candidates planning last- minute campaign events in siouxland ntinues to rise..the latest addition to e list is former pennsylvania senator rick santorum.he will be in le mars saturday night at 6- 30 for a town hall meeting at the blue bunny ice cream parlor... followed by an 8 o'clock house party in sioux city.the next morning... santorum will attend services and speak to the congregration church in sioux city. 3 3 dordt college will host *two* republican candidates this weekend.former floriri governor jeb bush will speak friday evening... then on saturday afternoon dr. ben carson will address students and community members.carson's event will

luke lutheran church in ricketts, iowa are helping build the floats. they started working on tuesday. and, will continue through tomorrow. then they'll enjoy friday off to watchchll of the work in person. the mama float they helped create was for lutheran hour ministries. the float is expected to appear later in the parade that you can see friday morning started at 10 a.m. on ktiv news 4. the year is ending cold. but what will 2016 begin? meteorologist ben dorenbach is here to tell us what we can expect. weather ad-lib after many inclulung sioux city bottomed out in sub-zero territory this morning, w wll end the year 2015 on a similarly, but not quite as cold note with lows near 10 degrees tonight. also, don't be too worried about a few flurries that might fall in some spots tonight, they shouldn't interrupt your new years plans much at all. we'll begin the year 2016 on a bright note with lots of sunshine and highs near 30 tomorrow with a brisk breeze out of the west. we'll see similar conditions this weekend and early next week with a few more clouds

nebraska governor pete ricketts says he will ask lawmakers to pass a new infrastructur e package this year to accelerate long-delayed construction work on bridges and roads. the proposal would create an infrastructur e bank. that wouls allow the state to tap its cash reserve to pay for road and bridge projects faster than it currently can. a nebraska senator wants to tweak a law that prohibits voters from taking selfies with their marked election ballots. a senator from lincoln introduced a bill that would allow voters to snap photos of their ballots after voting. current law prohibits voters from showing their marked ballot to others. you can tell the iowa caucuses are approaching presidential candidates criss-crossing iowa over the last few weeks. republican rand paul and his wife, kelley, made a stop at the downtown sioux city, this afternoon. it was one of several "stand with rand" meet and greets scheduled across the state. during his town-hall meeting, the kentucky senator touched on his stance on president barack obama's new executive order tightening gun laws. "i think there s

siouxland's chief 3 nebraska's governor is unhurt after a car accident this morning.governor pete ricketts was a passenger in a van being driven by a state trooper 3 when that van hit a pickup downtown lincoln this morning.ricketts' office says neither the governor nor his driver were injured in the accident... but the driver of the pickup was taken to a hospital for treatment of minor injuries. 3 "i was reading so i did nototi was not aware what was going on till after the trooper put the brakes on and then that's when i looked up and saw the car." 3 3 an eighth person is in custody tonight in connection with the armed takeover of an oregon refuge.police in arizona arrested 32- year- old jon ritzheimer this afternooooon charges of suppppting that occupation.yesterday... one militant was killed and 7 others, including occupation leader ammon bundy, were arrested by the f- b- i. today... bundy's lawyer read a statement outside the federal courthouse in portland asking those still occupying the refuge to stand down.the militants initially occucued thatatfuge january 2nd... protesting the ext

govenor of nebraska pete ricketts declared the january 16th joseph lemm day in the state of nebraska. he was a true american hero and beemer will never forget ... reporting in studio jessica rae: a ooting over the weekend sent one man to the hospital. about 3 am on sunday, norfolk police responded to a report of a shooting at 9-15 logan enue. witnesses say during a gathering at the home an unknown person came in and began shooting. one shot was fired and it ended up hitting a man in the foot. the shotgun that was fired has been recovered, and the matter is still under investigation. jessica rae: three dogs rescued, as flames erupted at a home in sioux city saturday afternoon. fire crews responded to the 34-hundred block of morgan street... just after 5:00 p-m on saturday.. flames could be seen coming from fire officials say no one was home the cause of the investigation. there was no other fire, water or smoke damage to the structure. any sioux city resident who safe home free smoke alarms can contact sioux city fire rescue at 279-6377. the fourth annual, midwest march for life, took

evening after making his first visit to omaha.the president was greeted by nebraska governor pete ricketts and omaha mayor jean stothert before delivering a speech to a packed house at the university of nebraska- omaha's baxter arena. that speech touched on some of the concepts the president first talked about in last night's state of the union speech. we'll have momo on the president's visit to omaha tonight on siouxland news at ten. 3 3 iowa's chief justice says the state's courts need to do more to preserve equality.chief justice mark cady gave his state of the judiciary address this morning. he called for better protection of children in juvenile courts, fighting human trafficking in iowa...and ending racial disparities by training judges totoecognize biases in the justste system. 3 "racial disparity is a community problem requiring journey to identify and eliminate racial disparity continues for all of us. when racial disparity and all of its causes are eliminated.... justice will be achieved."the state of the judiciary address is an iowa tradition... delivered by the chief justice th

one final vote is needed before the bill goes to ricketts. still to come... we'll head to the tyson events center to see the toughest cowboys around town n o are getting get ready to ride. we're back with the battle of the bulls at the tyson events center. the toughest cowboys from five states have come to sioux city for the rawhide bull riding challenge. ktiv's al joens was at the tyson this morning to get a preview. << the bulls are ready. the arena is ready. tonight, all heck breaks loose! (sound of bull-riding) over the next two nights, 30 cowboys will take on 40 bulls. they are mad and they are mean! marty barnes / bull rancher "they're weighing from 15-hundred to a full ton and that's a lot of power underneathe a 150 to 180 pound man." marty barnes supplies most of the bulls from his ranch near peterson, iowa. so why climb on one just to get thrown off? marty barnes / bull rancher "i guess it's just the oldest extreme sport, going today still. it's the challenge of man against animal, that unknown. you know, you're not playing an opponent, you're dealin

pete ricketts says he won't meet with the president on wednesday when he visits omaha. he will send the lt. governor in his place. rickets says he has a scheduling conflict. the governor plans to give his state of the state on thursday. you can watch for coverage of that right here on ktiv. a siouxland community may be getting a facility to help children with behavioral disabilities. ktiv's tommie clark attended a public meeting today in o'brien county and joins us with more tonight. tommie? sheila, at the meeting today the county met with the executive director of seasons center for behavioral health. they're asking county leaders to help them reach their goal of creating a special camp for kids. << on a mission to help kids in need of therapeutic care. that's what seasons center for behavioral health started with a new regional facility called autumn's center in spencer iowa. named after 3-year-old autumn elgersma who was killed by her babysitter in orange city, iowa back in 20-13. "out of that project we started to see certain types of services that we really needed

nebraska governor pete ricketts and his state trooper driver are ok after a traffic accident in lincoln. they were about eight blocks from the capitol this morning when a pickup truck struck their van. police say the other driver was at fault. nominations are being taken for this year's "south dakota governor's ag ambassador award." officials with the state agriculture department say nominees should be people who have worked hard to promote agriculture in south dakota. e award will be presented in june at the e vernor's ricultural summit in brookings. 2929. still to come... a restaurant donates thousands of dollars to the special olympics. see just how much money the company donated. << car repairs, home improvements, a family trip... it's not easy to afford them. what did marco rubio do? he put $22,000 in personal expenses on a republican party credit card. rubio's bad judgment caused a scandal rubio refused to release the credit card records. marco rubio: skipipng major votes... all over the place on immigrationon. bad judgment. marco rubio: just too many questions. right to rise usa

and 959.9.a package deal proposed by governor ricketts. ere's two sides to the coin when it comes to these bills... (--graphic--) first, they would limit growth in agriculture property taxes to a cap of 3%, statewide. second, they'd limit growth in spending for local governments. that means if the school wanted to spend outside the levy limit, say if an emergency came up, they would likely have to take it to a vote of the people... "that puts school districts in a difficult position because obviously when you're thinking about the safety of your kids it may take time and cost some money in order to take those sorts of things to the vote of the people," said opensky policy institute executive director, renee fry. south sioux city doesn't have a big amount of property base to charge property tax on, so they rely more on state aid to support their schools. "we get the fact that there needs to be property tax relief, but we're also saying don't do that on the backs of our kids so let's figure out a way to do this right-- maintain property tax

governor pete ricketts has identified property tax reduction and prison reforms as his top priorities this year. lawmakers are also expected to consider a comprehensive roads bill to speed up some projects, k-12 education funding and a new medicaid proposal to help cover thousands of uninsured nebraskans. parts of siouxland are seeing a little wintry precipitation today. meterologist ben dorenbach is back with the forecast after this. here's the live view from our skycam in spencer, iowa, where it's and degrees cordes: most nurses are tough. they're problem-solvers. they like making things better. people don't have access to healthcare because they just can't afford it. bernie sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and major medical companies are ripping us off. bernrn tells the truth, and he's been consistent. he understands that the system is rigged, and he's the only one who can bring real change. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. ben, it got snowy for a while << it'll be a messy next few days weather- wise in that we'll see any and all types of precipitatio

governor pete ricketts has identified property tax his top priorities this year. lawmakers are also expected to consider a comprehensive roads bill to speed up some projects, k-12 education funding and a new medicaid proposal to help cover thousands of uninsured nebraskans. people are out buying tickets for the fourth biggest powerball jackpot in history here in sioux cici. shoppers at the hy-vee on hamilton boulevard stopped to pick up their powerball tickets for a chance at the 500 million dollar jackpot. although you are 300 times more likely to be struck by lightning than win tonight's lottery, many people were willing to take a chance. the winner will have the option of the full 500 million dollars er a period of 30 years, or an immediate cash payout of just over 300 million dollars. one local woman talked about why she decided to join the frenzy. "it's really getting high. and i thought well, what the heck. everybody else has their odds, i might as well try it, too. so, just for you still have until 8:59 this evening to buy a ticket for tonight's powerball j

nebraska govenor pete ricketts is looking to cap property taxes in order to help farmers. but, part of those taxes go to public schools... and nebraska already rankes 49th in the country in state spending for k-12 education. today, south sioux city community and school leaders met to discuss the challenges they could face if that became a reality. "south sioux city actually gets a lot of state aid, the problem is we're not putting enough money in state aid to really cover the needs of the district. so, in south sioux city school district, for example, they've seen flat numbers over the last five years and are actually expected toto see a decrease i i funding next year" says renee f f, executive director, opensky policy institute. south sioux city schools superintendent vernon fischer says their three elementary school, and all at capacity. if they don't maintain their expand, if necessary. jenna: college exam.... studying up for caucus night. tim: but unlike most college campuses, tonight caucus 101 session brought ople of all ages together..... votersrsgetting an educatio

when he arrived he was greeted by omaha mayor jean stothert and governor pete ricketts. 3 3 some sad news to report tonight... former nebraska runningback lawrence phillips has been found dead in his cell at a california prison. was suicide. 3 just yesterday... phillips was in court for a preliminary hearing for a murder charge. authorities say he strangled his prison cellmate to death last year.phillips was serving a 31-year plus term for assaulting his former girlfriend and driving his car into several teenagers.the 40-year-old was a star for the huskers in the 90's... and was a 1st round draft pick of the rams... but only played 3 seasons in the n- f- l. 3 3 still to come tonight on siouxland news at nine... a skiing trip turns deadly for some french schoolchildren. that story and more ahead in tonight's world wrap... 3 but first... the president's speech last night featured plenty of talk about isis... but little actual substance. coming up after the break... why that's got experts on *both* sides worried. 3 "siouxland news at nine on fox 44, with larry wentz, diana castillo and

facing a major budget shortfall after last year's income tax cuts.that's not stopping governor pete ricketts from requesting more tax cuts... this time to property taxes in the state. the unicameral is expected to be in session for just 60 days this year.we'll have more from opening day tonight on siouxland news at ten. 3 3 one lucky person out there powerball jackpot tonight.. 3 that jackpot is now up to 500 million dollars for tonight's 10 o'clock drawing.you can pick up tickets at lottery retailers in iowa, nebraska and south dakota to take your chance at the jackpot.the odds of winning it all aren't great though... 1 in 259 million. 3 "as we came back to sioux city, this is where we're from. i'm buying them as i go. i have six grand children and eight nine great grand children to spoil. so if i win it, that's where it's going."the estimated jackpot has gone up 100 million dollars since the last drawing on saturday... because so many interested people are buying tickets looking to strike it rich. 3 3 calling it an "h-bomb of justice", north korea says it has successfully detonated a hydro

this afternoon, dozens of people attended his memorial service..including nebraska governor pete ricketts, state senator lydia brasch, and congressman jeff fortenberry. 3 "he loved the people so much, and i'd just like to thank everybody, our governor, the senators, the congress people, all of our military, everyone, thank you so much for coming, and sharing with us. thank you."the 45-year-old was a 3 member of the new york city police department for 16 years, and also a member of the new york air national guard. 3 "events like this are important, for the families to say goodbye to their loved ones, for us as a community to be here for those families who have lost their loved ones. and also for us as a state and a nations to be inspired by been such great american heroes, who sacrifice their lives for our freedoms."governor 3 rickets has officially proclaimed january 16th 2016 as joseph lemm day in honor of his survice to our county and because he is such a great american hero.lemm is survived by his wife christine, daughter brook and son ryan. 3 3 sioux city fire rescue battled a massive

pete ricketts says on wednesday when he visits omaha. he will send the lt. governor in his place. rickets says he has a scheduling conflict. the governor plans to give his state of the state on thursday. you can watch for coverage of that right here e ktiv. u can see the president's last state of the union address tonight on ktiv. and, he's making it clear the speech will be non traditional. steve handelsman is on capitol hill with a preview. << keeping loose before a speech that president obama says will actually sum up the state of the nation. it's pointless, he told staffers to push any new initiatives. mr obama admitted to nbc's matt lauer ... congress a a the nation are too divided ... near the end of his presidency. sot: matt lauer and president obama (no super) :20-:26 "you wanted to unite people and theyre not united. is it a failure? its a regret. i could not be prouder of what we've accomplished" by his first state of the union, in 2010, partisanship had already struck. still, mr obama will say tonight: his moves for and obamacare... are helping the whole nation sot: mat