said glenn ellis, city engineer, city of sioux city. project activities would include, but not be limited to, construction of the new bridge, concrete pavement, curb and gutter, and storm sewer improvements. traffic will be maintained during construction, however, there will be times where detours would be required. sioux city city council members are hoping to complete the city's recreational trail system soon. according to the city's parks and recreation director, it will take 10- and-a-half million dollars to complete all the trails. three-and-a-half million of that will pay for the three mile trail from chautauqua park to chris larsen park. moore, sioux city city councilmember. "we have a lot going for us. we compete with-we're in a a i- state area so we're competing with the other states, nebraska and south dakota and their communities. and we have to be very competitive." some of the future trail connection projects include the clark school to outer drive trail, the perry creek trail to outer drive trail connection, and the riversi

said glenn ellis, city engineer, city of sioux city. the project could include construction of the new bridge, concrete pavement, curb and gutter, and storm sewer improvements. sioux city city council members are hoping to complete the city's recreational trail system according to the city's parks and rec director, it will take 10-and-a-half million dollars to complete all the trails. three-and-a-half million of that will pay for the three mile trail from chautauqua park to chris larsen park. "the siouxland region's extremely important," said dan moore, sioux city city councilmember. "we have a lot going for us. we compete with-we're in a tri- state area so we're competing with the other states, nebraska and south and we have to be very competitive." some of the future trail connection projects include the clark school to outer drive trail, the perry creek trail to outer drive and the riverside park trail to war eagle park. the city is also looking at that would include trails to sergeant bluff, as well as, a 33 mile connection to le mar

"sioux city is not a huge market, but we can still get eas from marrets that are bigger than sioux city," said erika newton, said sioux city events & facilities executive director. "just because we're not one of the major markets in the country, doesn't mean we can't use ideas from some of those bigger arenas here." the tyson events center was awarded 68-thousand dollars for a study to look at physical improvements, as well as, a review of concessions and programming. the cone park project d the most expensive study for fiscal year 2016 at more than 102- thousand dollars. 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

(pearl harbor day) and sioux city pauses to remember the victims of japan's attack on pearl harbor 74 years ago today. 3 sioux city police are sioux city sioux city police are investigating an early morning break-in in morningside.thanks for joining us tonight, i'm jetske wauran larry and diana 3 3 and tonight that search is 3 police say the incident happened just after 2- 30 this morning, when two men broke into a home in the 26-hundred block of south alice street. the invaders *assaulted* a man in the home while holding a woman at gunpoint.the two suspects took off with tvs, game consoles, and other electronics. police don't have a description of the attackers at this time.if you have any information, you are urged to call the sioux city police immediately. 3 the sioux city teen accused of starting a dumpster fire outside a dollar tree store earlier this year is changing his plea.18- year- old jeremiah verbeses had pleadedenot guilty to charges of 2nd degree arson and criminal mischief.today, he accepted a plea deal... pleading guilty to the criminal mischief charge.as part of the deal... the arson charge was di

sioux city. 607 and 615 pearl street are historic buildings downtown. "we have so much to offer and we have so much more coming up to offer," said rhonda capron, sioux city city councilmember. "so just in sioux city we we're working on right now, which it's going to benefit the whole tristate area." the project will include at least four residential units. there will also be five- for retail. ho-chunk says those will be ready to open in february 2016. new housing is also being developed in spirit lake, iowa. steve schwaller from our news partner, kuoo radio, has the news. steve? matt, some additional housing is in the works for spirit lake. a sioux falls developer has purchased 12 acres of land across the street to the south of the bedell family ymca. steve boote of eagle construction says current plans include the construction of two buildings, each three stories high with 70 units in each. they would consist of one, two or three bedrooms. some town house units are also planned. boote says rent amounts will be based on a housing analysis conducted by the city of spirit lake. cost of the project has been pegged at $20 million. (matt) steve, when could co

city leaders say another reason studies are 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: community assessment, a bridgeport traffifistudy, campground site analysis, a trail study, the leeds/floyd corridor study and the neighborhood housing study. and with plans for cone park underway the city is looking for more grants to fund the multi-million dollar project. the parks and recreation 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. yesterday the parks and recreation director was in des moines to secure final funding for cone park. "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'

tim: a stolen vehicle was involved in a two car crash early this morning on sioux city's north side... according to the sioux city p-d, a white van was stolen from south sioux city nebraska before 6 a-m this morning the suspect then drove the van erracticly, hitting another white vehicle on outer drive just across from north high school, the suspect fled the scene, and was later apprehended by police, no other details are available at this time stay tuned to abc9 continue to follow this ststy... tim: sioux city police may have solved a ststng of auto thefts. 28 year old mack- quiber bracka- monte of sioux city was arrested after police say he stole at least 5 cars. police say mack- quiber bracka- monte stole those vehicles between october and december of this year. when police found the vehicles, they had several parts removed and were in the process of beiei stripped. he's charged with multiple counts of felony theft and ongoing criminal conduct. he's being held on a 47 thousand dollar bond. tim: sioux city police say a morning accident invovled a stolen vehicle. according to the p-d, this white van was stolen f

the victims of japan's attack on pearl harbor 74 years ago today. 3 sioux city police are investigating police are sioux city sioux city police are investigating an early morning break-in in morningside.thanks for joining us tonight, i'm jetske wauran larry and diana are off tonight. 3 3 3 police say the incident happened just after 2- 30 this morning, when two men broke into a home in the 26-hundred block of south alice street. the invaders *assaulted* a man in the home while holding a woman at gunpoint.the two suspects took off with tvs, game consoles, and other electronics. police don't have a description of the attackers at this time.if you have any information, you are urged to call the sioux city police immediately. 3 the sioux city teen accused of starting a dumpster fire outside a dollar tree store earlier this year is changing his pleaea18- year- old jeremiahah vererski had pleaded not degree arson and criminal mischief.today, he accepted a plea deal... pleading guilty to the criminal mischief charge.as part of the deal... the arson charge was dismissed and verbeski was sentenced to 50 hours of comm

hoping to compete with neighboring cities, the sioux city city council approved an "enhancement study" for the tyson events center. consultants will look at improving concession stands, increasing premium level seating and possibly widening a number of concourse areas. the sioux city events & facilities executive director improved experience at the venue. "we're looking not only for things that we can do at the tyson events center to make it better, but also what is our niche for booking, like what sorts of show should we be booking now that we have a lot of increased competition around us," said erika newton, executive dir. for sioux city the enhancement study won't exceed $68,000 the city council also approved the mayor's youth commission, last night. there are 71 new members this year and about 190 in total. the most students on the commission come from bishop heelan high school. several parents across the country are upset about a toy called "bunchems". we'll tell you why they want the toy off the market, coming up. forecast next! << >> << wx timer @ 2:45 after a mild monday,we'll

hoping to compete with neighboring cities, the sioux city city council approved an "enhancement study" for the tyson events center. consultants will look at improving concession stands, increasing premium level seating and possibly widening a number of concourse areas. the sioux city events & facilities executive director hopes the outcome will result in better ticket sales, and an improved experience at the venue. "we're looking not only for things that we can do at the tyson events center to make it better, but also what is our niche for booking, like what sorts of show should we be booking now that we have a lot of increased competition around us," said erika newton, executive dir. for sioux city events & facilities. the enhancement study won't exceed $68,000 the city council also approved new members to the mayor's youth commission, tonight. there are 71 new members this year and about 190 in total. the most students on the commission come from bishop heelan high school. the sioux city pool committee recommendations that would close two pools after the next swimming season, and cl

funeral)dozens of families and friends say their last goodbyes to a beloved former sioux city firefighter. (sioux city police)sioux city police officer's association bring in the holiday cheer to kids at local hospitals.(irs refund glitch)a *pricey* mistake at the internal revenue service drains millions of dollars.(fbi terror)in the wake of the san bernardino and paris attacks...fbi agents have now picked up suspects across the country. 3 hours aftethe armed robberies of two homes in yankton... police say they've got five people in custody. thanks for joining us. i'm jetske wauran, larry and diana are off tonight. 3 3 and tonight those arrests are first on fox. 3 3 3 this is where two of the suspects were arrested... a hotel in mitchell, south dakota. police say demil spears and devonjae strong, both of chicago, were arrested this morning in connection with an attempted home invasion... then later the armed robbery of homes in the 12- hundred block of cedar street in yankton.later this jo thomas and derrell williamson of chicago and hailee flores of parkston, south dakota.all five are charged with 1s

sioux city, nebraska. virginia square in sioux city. a project on pearl street in sioux city. and "303 dakota", in dakota dunes, south dakota. the lion's share of the development money will go toward "flatwater crossing." it's a project that is so big, it will be done in several phases. ktiv's tiffany lane spoke with south sioux city officials on how it will affect their economy moving forward. << flatwater crossing may not be more than a chunk of bare land right now. but over the next decade, it's expected to bring in significant growth to south sioux city, nebraska. "we want to get jobs into south sioux," said rod koch, mayor of south sioux city, nebraska. "we want to attract people. we have to have housing, affordable housing. we have to have housing that the young professionals can live in and nice neighborhoods, trails, bike trails." this new development is set to do just that. flatwater crossing will have 600 apartment units and 400 single family homes. thousand foot village center. the center will include businesses and townhomes. and they will be on a mile long stretch

city council members on january 4th. local lawmakers are preparing for the upcoming legislative session in des moines. sioux city city council held an annual meeting to talk to state lawmakers about what the city has been up to and areas it's trying to improve. some of the topics discussed were tax increment financing, the need for a growing workforce and public transportation funding. "this really helps us to understand some of the issues that they'll deal with on a week to week basis," said iowa state representative chris hall of sioux city. "whether it's economic development or workforce or quality of life issues, it really helps us to set an agenda going into session in january." city council meets with the this meeting. at the end of the event, each of the lawmakers discussed how they could take specific issues to the session that starts in january. after months of debate, the nebraska school activities association has paved the way for a potential transgender policy for high school athletes in the state. today in norfolk, the association voted to give first-round approval allowing individual school districts to

jessica rae: yesterday sioux city city coucil members and staff let local lawmakers know what issues are important to them this legislative session. a big one? body cams. although sioux city police currently do not wear body cameras... the city is looking for help in dealing with the growing demand for the cameras. the cost of video storage is one issue. another is policy related. "our contact, as you well know, is very personal. it might might not be evidentiary, but it's a very personal communication that goes on there" says chief dave young, sioux city police department. "i'm ok with it provided the individuals who are on the tape have an opportunity to release or authorize the release of that information" says pete groetken, city council. jessica rae: as for costs.... woodbury county paid 45 thousand dollars for it's cameras, and 25 thousand dollars a year for storage. with more officers, the sioux city police department expects to pay more. jessica rae: woodbury county officials now if a plan to expand feasable. door to recreational center. jessica rae: a study by raker engineeri

and today sioux city city y ucil members and staff let local lawmakers know what issues are important to them this session. "legislative day" annually brings the groups together. although sioux city police currently do not wear body cameras, the city is looking for help in dealing with the growing demand for the cameras. the cost of video storage is one issue. another is policy related. police chief doug youngs says officers' jobs vary, and that could cause comes to releasing video to the public. "our contact, as you well know, is very persrsal. it might nonobe criminal, it might not bebe evidentiary, but it's a very personal communication that goes on there" says chief dave young, sioux city pole department. "i'm ok with it provided the individuals who are on the tape have an opportunity to release or authorize the release of that information" says pete groetken, city council. as for costs.... woodbury county paid 45 thousand dollars for it's cameras, and 25 thousand dollars a year for storage. with more officers, the sioux city police department expects to pay more. tim: anwhile the

- 45.we'll hear more from santorum tonight on siouxland news at ten. 3 3 the date is set for sioux city's city council to hear the final proposed plan for the city's five public pools.at their first meeting of 2016 on monday, the council will hear and consider thehe recommendations made by the parks and rec board's pool committee.those are to close leeds and cook pools after the 2016 swim season and replace them with splash pads for 2017...build a new multi-million dollar aquatic center at the site of cone park in morningside... then close lewis pool when that new facility opens...and leave leif erikson pool open until it can no longer hold water, then replace it with a splash pad and discuss locations for aquatic center will remain open with no major changes under the plan. 3 more than three hundred kids were learning how to be ninja warriors today.today was the last day of the siouxland ninja warrior camp at morningside college. the event was put on with the lp by susuybrook church... with the help of around 40 volunteers.kids got to be active...running through quite a few inflatables.organi

booked into the buena vista county jail on a 5- thousand dollar bond. 3 3 the date is set for sioux city's city council to hear the final proposed plan for the city's five public pools.at their first meeting of 2016 on monday, the council will hear and consider the recommendations made by the parks and rec board's pool committee.those are to close leeds and cook pools after the 2016 swim season and replace them with splash pads for 2017...build a new multi-million dollar aquatic center at the site of cone park in morningside... then close lewis pool when that new facility opens...and leave leif erikson pool open until it can no longer hold water, then replace it with a splash pad and discuss locations for a new northside pool.riverside aquatic center will remain open with no major changes under the plan. 3 3 the launch date for the u- s- set.the latest freedom- variant littoral combat ship will be launched from its shipyard in marinette, wisconsin on saturday, january 30th.the ceremony will include the ship's traditional champagne christening.after the launch... the ship will continue to be tes

even with snow on the ground, summer took k center stage at sioux city city y hall, last night. the pool committee held it's final public meeting regarding the future of sioux city pools. residents using sioux city's pools last summer, the goal is to boost attendance and maximize the usage of taxpayer dollars. the committee recommends closing leeds and cook pools after the 2016 season and replacing both facililies with a splash pad. riverside would stay the same. lewis pool would close after a new aquatic center is built in morningside. leif erikson would remain open until the pool is no longer operational. at that time it would be replaced with a splash pad. "if we're going to be closing a pool we need to replace it with something," said sioux city parks and rec. 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 m

sioux city, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4. >> police say they are searching for multiple suspects. but, they haven't offered any matt? a south sioux city, nebraska, man faces robbery charges after police say he kicked down the door to a sioux city residence. 20-year-old arturo silvas is charged with 1st degree robbery after police say he entered a home on west 2nd street. authorities say he kicked in the door and threated a man with a handgun. police say silvas left the home arrived. he was located a short time later and taken into custody. a judge has sentenced a storm a judge has sentenced a storm lake, iowa man to five years devices in a home that's across the street from a preschool. the sentence came after 28-year-old dion caldwell pleaded guilty to possession of an explosive or incendiary device with intent to public offense. caldwell faced a ten- year prison sentence, which a judge suspended in favor of probation. back in march, storm lake police responded to reports of a fight and arrested three people in relation to the altercation. caldwell was arrested after police found devices, plus the materials to make more inside the ho

a stolen vehicle was involved in a two car crash early this morning on sioux city's north side... according to the sioux city p-d, a white van was stolen from south sioux city nebraska before 6 a-m this morning jessica rae: the suspect then drove the van erracticly, hitting another white vehicle on outer drive just across from north high school, the suspect fled the scene, and was later apprehended by police, no other details are available at this time stay tuned to abc9 news as we continue to jessica rae: incident... a 28 year old sioux arrested after police say he stole at least 5 cars in the area. authorities say mack-quiber bracka-monte stole those between october and december of this year. when police found the vehicles, they had several parts taken off of them and were in the process of being stripped. he's currently being charged with multiple counts of felony theft and ongoing criminal conduct. a 47 thousand dollar bond. around six this morning a call came in for a car fully engulfed in flames in the drive way of 26-01 sheridan street on sioux city's north side. the car was dangerously close to the r

some are calling for reform(rubio in sioux city)presidential hopeful marco rubio was in sioux city today.. well have a recap of his visit...(suspects sought)sioux city police are asking for your help in identifying these two men 3 three sioux city residents are in custody tonight in sioux falls... facing charges related to prostitution.thanks for joining us tonight, i'm diana castillo, larry wentz is off. 3 3 and tonight those arrests are first on fox. 3 3 authorities in sioux falls say 28- year- old amanda meyer and 23- year- old brittany leners prostitution.26- year- old rashad lee was arrested for pimping.they were arrested after sioux falls police investigators answered an online ad and met the two women at a hotel.lee is believed to have driven the women to sioux falls from sioux city.the arrests are part of the sioux falls police department's campaign against human trafficking... and officers often use online ads for prostitution as a way to try and find women being trafficked for sex. 3 burned breakfast is to blame for some terryfing moments in sloan this morning... as two people

sioux city. the almanac shows a high today of 31 and a low of 19. 24 is our sioux city temperature. the dew point of 14 shows dry air in place. local temperatures are in the teens north and 20s south. winds are northwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour. wind chills are as cold as -1 in spencer and 0 in sheldon and estherville, with the rest of the map in teens. the satellite and radar shows quiet weather to our west, but snow to our east today. here's a reminder to always drive slowly and carefully, even in light snow: a picture from a 50+ car pileup in michigan that happened in only 1-2" of snow. the stormcast hd shows quiet and cold weather tonight, then a warmup as we move through the weekend. your forecast for tonight is for a low of 8 degrees under mostly clear skies. tomorrow's high will be 39 with mostly sunny skies. the 7-day shows us topping 40 on sunday and again next tuesday and friday, so this christmas snow-free. fred: tim: jenna: (tim) thanks, fred. (fred) you bet. (fred) you bet. tim: traditional knowledge says that kids who get outside and move around are more health, but a

sioux city police officer, sgt. scott hatting. police say for them, the best you can be is a good witness. in sioux city...tommie clark...ktiv news 4. >> sioux city police also report a rash of car break- ins, and thefts. authorities say it's a crime that's easy to preveve. first, ver leave any valuababs in your vehicle. the majority of thieves check the car doors to see if they're open, so always lock your doors. and if they're able to get into the car, thieves will rummage around so don't leave a spare key in the vehicle. "it's one of thosesehings, it's a prevevtable crime. you know a lot of these we get there we're like k we give tips when we get there, but unfortunately it's too late the party we're talking to. keep those valuables hidden," said sioux city police officece sgt. scott hatting. sergeant hatting says the simplest way to avoid becoming a victim is to take anything a georgia man, who's charged in the armed robbery of a north sioux city, south dakota. convenience store, says he's not guilty of the crime. the robbery happened back on december 1st at the casey's general store on river drive.

sioux falls picked up 1.5", as did yankton. beresford, sd saw 1.1", while storm lake and the north side of siou city had 1.0". downtown sioux city picked up 0.7". thankfully, road conditions are fine. the port neal welding company skycam hd shows cloudy skies from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 27 was the high today and 15 the low. in sioux city, we have a temperature of 23 temperatures are in winds are northwest hour. wind chills are ininhe single digits and teens. zoomingout, t tre is nothing west and north. that means a continued cold pattern, since our winds will be from the northwest tonight and tomorrow. the midwest satellite and radar shows this morning's snow moving away from us. skies will be clearing tonight. the stormcast hd shows decreasing clouds and a cold night tonight, then increasing clouds tomorrow. new year's eve and new year's day will be seasonally cool, but dry and quiet, with more sunshine friday and saturday. your forecast tonight is for decreasing clouds and a lowowf 2. tomorrow, clouds will be increasing with a high of 23. the 7-day forecast shows 12 new year's eve, then 29 new year's day f

there's so much demand for housing in sioux city and it's been a real problem for the last few years. sioux city hasn't grown at a pace of some of the surrounding cities morgan. sioux city and south sioux city's flatwater crossing will begin construction in updating quality life is one ofofo chunk's goalal morgan, as he helpininto answer to the demands of residents' active lifestyles with the new communities. tim: hillary clinton just got a big endorsement out of washington d-c from one of the president's cabinet members tim: secretary of labor tom perez becomes the 3rd obama administration member to offer suport to hillary clinton. the sec. will be in sioux city with clinton tomorrow. tim: quote: secretety clinton is tough, smart, and d derstands better than any candidate the challenges that parents are talking about around dinner night. tim: perez and clinton will appear tomorrow at the carpenters training center on 19th street. doors open at 10am for an 11-30 rally. clinton also plans on attending a town hall meeting at iowa central community college in ft dodge later on tomorrow. jenna: hill

booked into the buena vista county jail on a 5- thousand dollar bond. 3 3 the date is set for sioux city's city council to hear the final proposed plan for the city's five public pools.at their first meeting of 2016 on monday, the council will hear and consider the recommendations made by the parks and rec board's pool committee.those are to close leeds and cook pools after the 2016 swim season and replace them with splash pads for 2017...build a new multi-million dollar aquatic center at the site of cone park in morningside... then close lewis pool when that new facility opens...and leave leif erikson pool open until it can no longer hold water, then replace it with a splash pad and discuss locations for a new northside pool.riverside aquatic center will rememn open with no major changege under the plan. 3 <

that includes sioux city public schools, bishop heelan catholic schools, dakota valley, south sioux city and sergeant blulu-luton. sioux city's metro bus drivers had to make some adjustments to their routes during the snowstorm yesterday. rick stewart has been driving for twelve years. he had to change some of his snow-filled streets, while passengers say they had to reroute their entire day. he says some people think buses get more traction because they are so big, but he says that's not the case, so slow down when n ur driving near one of them. two people are dead following a head-on crash that caused a car to catch on fire east of yankton early monday morning. the south dakota highway patrol says a 31-year-old man was driving a car on the wrong side of highway 50 around 5:30 a.m. collided head-on with an eastbound car driveneny a 30-year-old woman. both drivers were killed. their names have not been released. state regulators have granted a construction permit for a pipeline that will cross through south dakota as it carries north dakota oil to illinois. the public utilities commissio

the vice president says after being in business for 60 years in sioux city, they look forward to staying in town. (- "we're from sioux city, all of us and we'd like very much to stay in the sioux city area. i'm glad we could work with the city council to put together a tax package that allowed us to build down here in our own business district," said david patee, consumer supply disturbing llc. the company hopes to move into the facility in the spring. still to come.... the fda has lifted its ban on gay men donating blood. but there are still some limitations. that story on tonight's healthbeat 4. it was a gray looking monday that had some communities don't change much tonight meaning patchy fog will again be across the region and we'll again have to watch for slick spots since lows will be in the 20s. clouds will hang pretty tough again on tuesday but with a stronger south wind we should warm up better with highs getting into the 40s for most of us. we could see a little light rain or freezing rain develop tuesday night with wednesday night giving us a slight chance of a snow shower. thursday looks mostly quiet but then

with more officers, the sioux city police department more. sioux city council members jointly presented an agenda book of recent accomplishments and issues to be addressed in sux city to state representatives. among some of the topics discussed: taxes, economic development, body cameras, railroads, and work to improve and an expansion of trail systems throughout northwest iowa, which was just one of the hottest topics of interest of the meeting, members s parks and recreation say they are working on a final plan to finish the trail along i-29. "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. jessica rae: 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 m

the sioux city city council approved an "enhancement study" for the tyson events center. the consultants will look at improving concession stands, increasing premium level seating and possibly widening a number of concourse areas. officials hope the outcome will result in better ticket sales as thetyson competes with neighboring for acts and events. the study will cost no more than $68-thousand dollars. if you live in sioux city, you may see your trash rates increase at the the start of the new year. yesterday, the city council voted to increase the rates. currently, residents pay $15.44 a month. but, if approved at a meeting in early january, there will be an 86-cent hike. so, you'll end up paying $16.30 a month for trash collection. that adds up to about 10- dollars more you'll pay next year. that rate will stay the same for at least three years. south dakota governor dennis daugaard is outlining his key priorities for the 2016 legislative the governor's budget address is scheduled for today in pierre. daugaard says he plans to discuss issues including paying off f bt a

those red light or speed cameras in sioux city could be going down.the cameras have been at the center of quite a few lawsuits over their *legality.* last night the sioux city city council agreed to change the contract with the owner of the cameras... a company called "redflex traffic systems." the change lets the city *or* red flex to give a 90 day notice the contract is ending. and... next week the council will talk about lowering the fines from 168 dollars to a flat 100 dollars. 3 "speeding is down some 38 to 39 percent from where it was, before the speed cameras were believe that the redlight cameras provide drivers with an incentive to a complete stop."as far as the long term future of the cameras? earlier this year the iowa supreme court turned back a challenge saying they were unconstitutional... but quite a few other lawsuits are still tied up in the courts right now. 3 3 sioux city's *school board* is going ahead with plans to build a new elementary school on the city's northside.a replacement building for bryant elementary school was the subject of a special hearing last night. the board ultimately voted to approve almost four million dollars wort

sioux city.... we have abc9 news reporter lukas voss in sioux city at hillary clinton's campaign rally event this morning. lukas what's the scene there at the center? lukas: hillary clinton is making another sweep through iowa. i'm at the carpenters training center in sioux city. it's no coincidence that the clinton campaign picked this location. labor secretary tom perez is joining clinton today to make his official endorsment for the former secretary of state. in a statement yesterday perez touted clinton's progressive record and fighter. he said clinton is understands the parents are talking about around the dinner table. lukas now, it hasn't been all good news for clinton. a quinnipiac university poll week showed those taking the poll found senator bernie sanders more electable than clinton against several top republican candidates. good news for the sanders campaign, but in presidential candidate in siouxland republican rand paul will be in iowa as well... making stops at fort dodge and mason city. his campaign stop in fort dodge will be held at the public library at 2:30pm paul's mason city event w

reopening date possibly cost sioux city engineering company thosands of dollars in fees for each day the road was not completed sioux city's interim public director says that the fee is currently being negotiated between the city and the contractor. "the city and the construction firm are exploring all the options per the contract language...we're happy that it's finally opening up, we recognize that this was an inconvience to the neighborhood and to the travelling public, this is a busy street," said mach. iowa dot will soon come out to to make sure that it is sutiable for drivers. bria: if any issues are found....road development will continue starting in the spring along with other rennovations the egineering company has already set out to complete. live in the studio, bria bell abc 9 news. tim: what's been described by locals as an eye- sore had it's final bell "tolled" earlier today construction nats the toll booth located in decatur nebraska has been out of comission since 20-13, and today, demolition crews began word to strike down the building, today crews were working on removing metal support beams of the roof. d

some are calling for reform(rubio in sioux city)presidential hopeful marco rubio was in sioux city today.. well have a recap of his visit...(suspects sought)sioux city police are asking for your help in identifying these two men 3 three sioux city residents are in custody tonight in sioux falls... facing charges related to prostitution.thanks for joining us tonight, i'm diana castillo, larry wentz is off. 3 3 and tonight those arrests are new at ten. 3 3 authorities in sioux falls say 28- year- old amanda meyer and 23- year- old brittany leners were arrested for prostitution.26- year- old rashad lee was arrested for after sioux falls police investigators answered an online ad and met the two women at a hotel.lee is believed to have driven the women to sioux falls from sioux city.the arrests are part of the sioux falls police department's campaign against human trafficking... and officers often use online ads for prostitution as a way to try and find women being trafficked for sex. 3 burned breakfast is to blamam for some terryfing moments in sloan this morning... as two people had to jum

sioux city and east of i-29. west in nebraska, you guys could see snow the entire event. sunday night, sioux city could get in on some of that snow, starting to see a mix with sleet and snow, especially late overnight. monday snow and mix leftover sioux city and east, clouds remain and gradually decrease west to east. rain forecast, could see over an inch which for december! tonight, 32 degrees with thickening clouds, but not too cold. tomorrow, gloomy skies and we start to bring that rain in late, winds up to 15 mph, but they'll get pretyy breezy sunday. 7- day has rain, sleet, snow sunday with leftovers monday morning. not much of a break with another rain, snow.. this time more snow chance on tuesday. temperatures really dip after that, struggling in the 20s. jenna/tim/fred was good while it lasted! thanks elisa! still to come... do you know your health numbers. we'll tell you do you know your which ones you need to monitor. no, not just knowing your height and weight.. but there is a set of numbers that can tell you a lot about your health. holly firfer has details in today's health minute. "

plans to close some sioux city pools continue to move forward. yesterday, the sioux city parks and rec advisory ard unananously approved the proposed plan presented by the pool committee. the plan include closing leeds and cook pools after next season and replacing both facilities with a splash pad. riverside would stay the same. lewis pool would close after a new aquatic center is built in singing hills. leif erikson would remain open until the pool is no replaced with a splash pad. "the park board has really been engaged in this issue for a long time," "they've been participating in the process along the way. we've been talking about this issue for over a year now. so the park board was prepared to make this decision." the plan approved by both the parks committee and the pool committee will be presented to city council members on january 4th. after months of debate, the nebraska school activities association has paved the way for a potential transgender policy for high school athletes in the state. yesterday, in norfolk, the association voted to give first-round approv

jenna: authorities in soutsioux city and sioux city were busy today with a high speed chase. police in south sioux city initiated the chase around 11 am this morning and chased this black chevy suburban down dakota avenue at speeds reachg 60 miles per hour. the chase then crossed over into sioux city where the vehicle swiped another car before stopping in the area of 3rd and jenning streets where the driver fled on foot. it's unclear at this time if authorities have made any arrests in connection to the chase. jenna: a lawyer representing three iowa counties being sued for high nitrate levelsn iowa rivers is asking that part of the lawsuit to be dismissed. drainage districts in buena vista, sac named as defendanan in the lawsuit by des moines water works, who claim the water draining from agricultural land violate the federal clean water act by causing a spike in nitrate levels in the raccoon and des moines rivers. a lawyer representing the counties says that eight of the ten cocots should be smissed because these drainage districts don't have authority to regulate the actions of private landowners jen

sioux city, nebraska. virginia square in sioux city. a project on pearl street in sioux city. and "303 dakota", in dakota dunes, south dakota. the lion's share of the development money will go it's a project that is so big, it will be done in several phases. ktiv's tiffany lane spoke with south sioux city officials on how it will affect their economy moving forward. << flatwater crossing may not be more than a chunk of bare land right now. but over the next decade, it's expected to bring in significant growth to south sioux city, nebraska. "we want to get jobs into south sioux," said rod koch, mayor of south sioux city, nebraska. "we want to attract people. we have to have housing, affordable housing. we have to have housing that the young professionals can live in and nice neighborhoods, trails, bike trails." this new development is set to do just that. flatwater crossing will have 600 apartment units and 400 single family homes. there will also be a 67- thousand foot village center. the center will include businesses and townhomes. and they will be on a mile long stretch alon

cities across the world. packages start at 250 - dollars for a half hour photo shoot. 3 the date is set for sioux city's city council to hear the final proposed plan for the city's five public pools.at their first meeting of 20 - 16 monday... the council will hear and consider the recommendations made by the parks and rec board's pool committee. the recommendatio ns are to close leeds and cook pools after the 20 - 16 swim season and replace them with splash pads for 20 - 17... build a new multi - million dollar aquatic center at the site of cone park in morningside... close lewis pool when the new facility erikson pool open until it can no longer hold water... then replace it with a splash pad and talk about where to put a new northside pool. riverside aquatic center will stay open with no major changes under the plan. 3 winter storms are making for a critically low blood supply in hospitals through siouxland.now life serve blood center in sioux city is asking you to donate blood. lifeserve is relying on generous donors to "roll up their sleeves to ensure the blood supply remains at stable levels." they say

2.0", yankton had 1.5", as did cherokee, while storm lake and the north side of sioux city had 1.0". downtown sioux city picked up 0.7". the port neal welding company skycam hd shows the scene from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 27 was the high today and 11 the low. in sioux city, we have a temperature of 11 degrees. note the dew point of only 6 degrees, indicating dry air that will allow our air temperatures to dip to the single digits tonight. local temperatures are in the single digits and teens. winds are west at 5 to 10 miles per hour. wind chills are in the single digits. zooming out, there is nothing but cold air to our west and north. we have single digits in rapid city and fargo. that means a continued cold pattern, since our winds will be from the northwest tonight and tomorrow. the midwest satellite and radar shows clearing skies. the stormcast hd shows decreasing clouds and a cold night tonight, then increasing clouds tomorrow. new year's eve and new year's day will be seasonally cool, but dry and quiet, with more sunshine friday and saturday. your forecast tonight is for decrea

the advantages of sioux city go is networking opportunities for sure, also getting involved in the community. sioux city go gives you the opportunity to get to know other things that are happening in sioux city and also meet people who want to do a great job in the community. if you want more information about either sioux city go or the event coming up on new years eve thursday december 31st 7 pm at howard johnson's just go to the website, it's siouxcitygo.com. britney thanks for joining us. thank you. thanks for joining us around siouxland. >> hundreds of santas took advantage of warm christmas eve weather to ride the waves in florida. "surfing santas" is an annual event to help raise money for local charities. almost 650-santas were out there hanging ten in cocoa beach. that's a guinness world record number of surfing saint nicks. organizers are hoping to raise more than 30- thousand dollars >> victor: you know, i still don't understand why daniel had to take parker to chicago. >> maggie: so he could be with his mother on christmas. >> justin: oh. how is parker? >> maggie: oh, he's wonderful. >> phil

today the sioux city art center announcement about the most expensive piece of art to visit sioux city- "mural" by american ararst jackson pollock. . they announced that they'll l showing a documentary on the piece of art called, "jackson pollock's mural- the story of a modern masterpiece." it's a one hour documentary that the university of iowa film 17th with a social hour beginning at 5 and the film beginning at 6 in the evening. there will then be a question and answer session with the director of the film and the director of the university of iowa's museum of art. sioux city's art center director says the artwork is what established the u-s as a leader of contemparary art 70 years ago. "i think it was the most important exhibition we ever had at the art center. over 25,000 people came out to see it. it was really a coo for us to be able to bring such an imporant modernist artwork to sioux city," said sioux city art center director, al harris-fernandez. startiti decemeber 18th, the museum will begin looping the film in the lecture hall through the end of the month. so, there will be

"it's a way to show how business was traditionally conducted in our cities, using sioux city specifically. then to show how sioux city had these stores that were nationally known. they may not have ranked with a marshall fields or a macy's, but they were very well known and well regarded stores," said sioux city public museum exhibits preparator, matt anderson. the display is open through when your done using your christmas tree, instead of just throwing it out, you can recycle it. the woodbury county conservation board and dorothy pecaut nature center will collect undecorated christmas trees to be chipped for the nature center's trails. you can drop off your used tree at the nature center between now and january 10. trees should be clean with no ornaments, tinsel, lights, price tags, stands or plastic bags. trees should be placed in the lower parking lot. cold winds are blowing in. but how chilly will tonight be? for that, we'll toss it over to chief meteorologis t ron demers. weather ad-lib the wind combined with temps in the 20s to keep it a very cool friday around siouxland. we also saw some clouds and flurries r

the meeting starts tonight at six at the council chambers at city hall in sioux city. the sioux city police department and woodbury county sheriff's the june e. nylen cancer center this morning. they donated money their departments raised for men's health from movember and no shave november. the police department gave two-thousand 320 dollars. and the shererf's office along with the treasurer's office and auditor/recoder's office gave 25-hundred dollars. "personally guys like it because they can not shave for a month," said dave drew, woodbury county sheriff. "and it goes to a great cause. so it's been a fun time to do it over the last few years." almost i would say probably atleast 60 some of the guys really can't grow very good beards the money will be used to help patients and their families treatment. this was the sheriff's office's third year raising money for the cause. it was the first year for the police department. they say they will be doing it again next year. law enforcement agencies in sioux falls are increasing patrols aroundndosques after anti-muslim violenen and vanda

this week will be filled with clouds. 3 a south sioux 3 city man is in custody after he broke into a sioux city residence early morning.that burglar...20-year- old...arturo joel silvas, of south sioux city, nebraska. 3 accordininto sioux city police, silvas broke into the home by kicking in the doors. he then, threatened the victim with a handgun.he's charged with robbery in the 1st degree, which is a class b felony. he's being held with*out* bond at the woodbury county jail. 3 now, that incident happened shortly after 3 this morning in the 14-hundred blolo of west 2nd strere. prior to his arrest, silva fled the scene but was located a short time later. 3 3 more than 5-hundred participants showed up at the annual holiday open house this afternoon.the open house took place at the historic peirce mansion..a festive event museum and 3 sioux city museum and historical association. visitors enjoyed live music performed by the siouxland youth chorus and the mount zion praise team. 3 "well, it's the christmas season. it'sust a great event, and we try and make it as pleasant as we can for everbody "the

those red light or speed cameras in sioux city could be going down.the cameras have been at the center of quite a few lawsuits over their *legality.* last night the sioux city city council agreed to change the contract with the owner of the cameras... a company called "redflex traffic systems." the change lets the city *or* red flex to give a 90 day notice the contract is ending. and... next week the council will talk about lowering the fines from 168 dollars to a flat 100 dollars. as far as the long term future of the cameras? earlier this year the iowa supreme court turned back a challenge saying they were unconstitutional... but quite a few other lawsuits are still tied up in the courts right now. a victim of f vandalism in morningside early yesterday morning is asking the public to help identify who's police say sometime between 11 - 30 sunday night and 8 - 15 yesterday morning... somebody shot out the back window of this car in the 2 - street in morningside. the owner says her vehicle has been egged and broken into before... but nothing like this. police say the window was shot out by a b - b oror pellet gun... maybe a 22 rifle. they're investigating t

sioux city animal adoption and rescue center. ---and if you are interested in adopting one of yourself or else...you can contact the sioux city animal adoption and rescue center....at (712) 279 69-68. thank you chris...... the sioux city animal adoption and rescue center. ---and if you are interested in adopting one of these cuties for yourself or someone else...you can contact the sioux city animal adoption and rescue center....at (712) 279 69-68. thank you chris...... deborah: elisa will rejoin us for a final check of our forecast. stay with us. jessica rae: today. "today, queen latifah is here to discuss that hit her close to home. she has a wake-up call for women everywhere. then, we're going to find out how the age of your heart can be older, or younger than your chronological age. and, we're going to meet a woman who has a heart in the truest sense. she's a heroic teacher who's quick thinking saved her entire during the sandy hook tragedy. now she speaks out for the first time." jessica rae: again that's coming up today on dr. oz at 4 on abc9. deborah well elisa... rudolph and the might not have to christmas. elisa: why is tha

in sioux city, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4.>> during clinton's sioux city stop, she received an endorsement from iowa state representativ e chris hall. people around the country are reacting to the devastating shooting, including law enforcement right here in sioux city. "whenever law enforcement gets involved, we feel for them. we feel for the victims. and we just hope and here. but in this day and age, it seems like it's capable of happening anywhere." said sergeant jim cunningham of the sioux city police department sioux city police has the following tips that everyone can follow to stay safe. be aware of your surrounding areas. have an escape route plan. know of where to take cover. keep your phone with you for emergency calls. and always have a strategy. donald trump brings his presidential candidate the republican front-runner will hold a rally at the clay county events center in spencer tomorrow morning at eleven. doors open at ten. the new quinnipiac university poll shows trump leading the g-o-p field followed by marco rubio with 17 percent, then ben carson and ted cruz with 16 perc

" " did cherokee, while storm lake and the north side of sioux city had 1.0". downtown sioux city picked up 0.7". thankfully, road conditionsre fine. the port neal welding company skycam hd shows the scene from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 27 was the high today and 15 the low. highs over western iowa were in the 20s. eastern nebraska and southeastern south dakota had mainly 20s. in sioux city, we have a temperature of 22 degrees. local temperatures are in the teens and 20s. winds are northwest at 5 to 10 miles per hour. wind chills are in the single digits and teens. zooming out, there is nothing but cold air to our west and north. that means a continued cold pattern, since our winds will be from the northwest tonight and tomorrow. the midwest satellite and radar shows this morning's snow moving away from us. skies will be clearing tonight. the stormcast hd shows decreasing clouds and a cold night tonight, then increasing clouds year's day will be seasonally c cl, but dry and quiet, w wh more sunshine friday and saturday. your forecast tonight is for decreasing clou

sioux city today. we'll have schools featuring *former* presidents too! we start with council bluffs thomas jefferson headed to sioux city east. sioux city west will host council bluffs abraham lincoln.the invasion of former u-s presidents continues as kennedy heads to sioux city north. george little rock heads to rock valley as well.boyden hull heads to sioux center to round out our iowa boys basketball roundup.on the ladies side it's a double header at east and west as they too welcome council bluff schools thomas jefferson and abraham lincoln respectivellridge view visits lawton-bronson. rock valley hosts george little rock.and boyden hull heads to sioux center.and on the nebraska side of things we have winnebago and wathill. remember last ninit it was against homer. what would they have for an encore?and we'll have the girls matchup of winnebago and walthill as well. it's week one of *basketball* game night tonight on siouxland news at 10! 3 two allustrious siouxland volleyball careers came to a close last night at the naia tournament as briar cliff's number 2 amy frank, one of the top players to come out of sioux ci