bluff- luton and south sioux. playoff positioning was a key theme for game at western christian, woodbury central and kingsley- pierson. in nebraska, norfolk and battle creek look for strong finishes. we'll start in sioux city. east high has already clinched a spot in the class 4a playoffs for the sixth year in a row. the 5-3 black raiders needed a win -- and some help -- to get a home playoff game next week. to do it -- east would have to beat ninth-ranked johnston. east hoping for a quick start at rainy olsen stadium. johnston trying to get on the board first -- grant gossling finds some open space -- that's a 37-yard run, down to the east 13-yard line. but the ball was slippery -- next play, the dragons cough it up and jacob wiley recovers for the black raiders -- no score after one quarter. east not doing much on offense -- connor koza is picked off by drew singbush -- and the dragons would turn the turnover into points. after a long drive -- t-boy white scores the first td of the game from 3 yards out and john

abc9 reporter rachel ramos was in south sioux city today and has more on the ordinance. rachel : south sioux city has passed a new ordinance for rental inspections that will take effect in march. with the new ordinance, property owners must follow a checist of maintence codes. the rental inspection board emphasizes the importance of safety and health in living environments. "we're concerned about the health and safety of the occupants," said randy meyer, chairman of the rental inspection board. "and we're going to go in and make sure there are no violations". members of the ordinance board feel the updated dwelling law will create a safer environment for occupants. this new ordinance for rental inspections was created under the leadership of a diverse group of south sioux city citizens including the mayor, well as attorneys and paralegals, giving a voice for every group affected by the new law. coming up tonight at six, ill have more about the property owners affected and their thoughts on the new law . reporting live in the studio, abc9 news, im rachel ramos. jenna: gen

- v park on the iowa side of the missouri river... to compete with the scenic park r- v park in south sioux city. and after years of delays and debate... the council has given the final go-ahead to tear down an old mansion in sioux city's rose hill district. the developer... jim gengler... appeared before the council numerous times after the home on grandview boulevard was deemed unsafe to live in in 2013. the vote to move forward with the demolition was three to two. diana>> it's a legal decision that's caught a lot of people off guard...and angered many... including the victim's family. a judge has reduced the sentenced for an orange city women who was sent to prison for the death of a child who was in her care. rochelle sapp was sentenced to 100- years in prison... after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment resulting in death autumn elgersma. she got 50- years for each count... which were to be served *consecutively*... or one- after- the- other. thursday... the judge in the case changed sapp's 50- year prison terms to be served *concurrently*... or at the *

eastern nebraska and southeastern south dakota saw mainly 50s and 60s. in sioux city, we have 54 degrees. local temperatures are in the 40s east, and 50s elsewhere. winds are from the southeast at 5 to 10 miles per hour. lower visibility is seen in the east--only 2.5 miles in estherville. the regional satellite and radar shows most of the rain east of us, and not too much more to the west, so expect showers to wind down after midnight. the stormcast hd shows low pressure over illinois, the source of our showers. as the low lifts north tomorrow, our showers will end but strong winds will build in. winds will tame down thursday as high pressure and sunshine builds in. but friday morning, another round of sub-freezing temperatures will be seen. the forecast shows a low of 41 tonight and scattered showers. winds will become breezy after midnight. tomorrow, expect a partly cloudy sky and a high of 50. winds will gust to 40 miles per hour from the northwest. the 7-day forecast shows a chance of showers late friday and early saturday, but we will be drying out by the ti

fifth-ranked bishop heelan -- ing across the riveveto take on south sioux city. the crusaders score the firsrs five points of the match -- after the over- pass -- samantha mccabe gets a 2- hand 'slam dunk' for the kill. heelan wins the first set -- freshman nicole jacobsen comes flying in -- and puts it deep and down. 25-21 crusaders take the set. south sioux kept it close. savannah chamberlain rises high like wilt chamberlain -- that's a kill. but the cardinals didn't have enough. heelan's taylor ferguson with the set to alex hope -- heelan gets past south sioux, 2-zip. a triangular at siouxland chchstian -- 22 and 10 hinton, oking for their fiftftstraight win -- taking on 17-10 ridge view. the e ptors come out strong. harlee wagoner with the big smash. ridge view is up 10 to 3. hinton scores four of the next five points to get back into it. bryce klein shows the nice douch -- and finds the floor. blackhawks only down 4. ridge view keeps up the pressure -- megan wiese hits it off the block and down -- but the raptors ran out of steam. the point. the blackhawks w

to compete with the scenic park r - v park in south sioux city. and after years of delays and debate... the council has given the final go - ahead to tear down an old mansion in sioux city's rose hill district. the developer... jim gengler... appeared before the council quite a few times after the home on grandview boulevard was determined to be unsafe to live in. that was in 20 - 13. the vote to go ahead with the demolition was three to two. jake>> students in south sioux cityre helping people get into the halloween spirit... and helping out a great cause at the same time. students at lewis and clark elementary school in south sioux are selling pumpkins to benefit the food bank of siouxland. the pumpkins were donated by the local plumbers and steamfitters union... and the proceeds go to the food bank's back pack program for hungry kids. "kids are given a lot sometimes. it's nice for them to see how they can be involved in their community and how they can give back to their community. even if they don't have a lot, there are ways you can give back.

. >> south sioux chamber members served up the agenda a little differently at today's meeting. the south sioux city chamber of commerce held a luncheon at the marina inn, this afternoon, with several key business-relatat actions taken at the last nebraska legislature session, as well as important issues awaiting lawmakers in 2016. at the luncheon, nebraska chamber of commerce and industry president, barry kennedy, discussed how the business world in the cornhusker state stacks up to surrounding states. "from an overall cost of doing business, we actually rank pretty well," said barry kennedy. "when you just narrow it down and talk about taxes only, then we don't rank so wewe. we're nsidered to be a bit of a high-tax state." discussions in 20-16 will likely address the state's high tax rate, workforce and funding for roads and infrastructure. you may have heard about woman from new york city who actually sued her own nephew. today, she speaks out about the story behind the lawsuit involving an 8-year-old boy's birthday party. and.... a bear decides to go shopping. we've got deta

the city wants to build one to compete with the scenic park r- v park in south sioux city. and after years of delays and debate... the council has given the final go-ahead to tear down an old mansion in sioux city's rose hill district. the developer... jim gengler... appeared before the council numerous times after the home on grandview boulevard was deemed unsafe to live in in 2013, but was not present this evening. although a potential buyer did contact councilmembers, waiting any longer wasn't an option. mayor bob scott says the site is becoming a safety concern. the vote to move forward with the demolition was three to two. diana>> it's a legal decision that's caught a lot of people including the victim's family. a judge has reduced the sentenced for an orange city women who was sent to prison for the death of a child who was in her care. rochelle sapp was sentenced to 100- years in prison... after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment resulting in death in the death of 3- year- old autumn elgersma. she got 50- years for each count... which w

. >> a south sioux cici, nebraska woman and her husband from schuyler have died in a fiery collsion with a semitrailer. 26-year-old liliana chavez-ortiz and 28-year- old jorge medina were killed in which happened late wednesday fremont. authorities say the couple's suv crossed the nter line and rammed into the truck, which was hauling a combine. the truck driver, 53- year-old vernon white of ringsted, iowa was rescued from the cab and flown to an omaha hospital for treatment. a nebraska man who had part of his hand re- attached after a freak accident severed it this summerers now speaking about the episode and the amazing surgery performed by a norfolk doctor. ktiv- us92's rachel urbanski has the story-- and fair warning, some of the images may be a little graphic. <<<< benjamin witkowski was a passenger on a jet ski when something went totally wrong. he had noticed a rope dragging behind the jet ski and titi it around his hand prior to prevent it from getting caught up in the motor. unfortunately, a sharp turn by the driver was all it took to take off benjamin's hand. little did dr. tri

diana>> students in south sioux city are helping people get into the halloween spirit... and helping out a great cause at the students at lewis and clark elementary school in south sioux are selling pumpkins to benefit the food bank of siouxland. the pumpkins were donated by the local plumbers and steamfitters union... and the proceeds go to the food bank's backpack program for hungry kids. "kids are given a lot sometimes. it's nice for them to see how they can be involved in their community and how they can give back to their community. even if they don't have a lot, there are ways you can give back." the sale wrapped up for today at 5... but will resume tomorrow afternoon at 3- 15 and run until 5 at lewis and clark elementary school in south sioux city. larry>> the obama administration is cracking down on the growing use of recreational drones. diana>> as kris van cleave owners to register most "unmanned aerial vehicles". the department of transportation is setting up a task force to develop the new rules and decide registered. the plan is to have the system in place during the hol

the "go red for women" luncheon took place today in south sioux city, nebraska. heart disease is the number one killer of women. the event supports the american heart association in the fight against heart attack and stroke. chief meteorologis t ron demers joins us with the forecast. morning frost advisory for southeastern siouxland early saturday morning after a frosty start to friday for many, we could see m me patchy ost tonight, especiaiay in eastern siouxland where a freeze w wning is i ieffect for some. onon we get beyond sa[urday morning, temperatures will start warming for us- highs by saturday afternoon should get into the low 60s with 70 even possible by sunday. the warming trend will continue into the early part of next week with highs easily going into the 70s on monday and tuesday. rain has been sparse as of late, but slight chance of rain will come our way from late tuesday when we come back... classic car fans are descending ononentral neneaska... where some golden oldidi are up for auction this weekend. if yououhink storm damage is the only costst

tim: a new south sioux city law has some city leaders butting heads with propery owrs.. south sioux city has passed a new ordinance for rental inspections that will take effect in march. with the n ordinance, property owners must follow a checklist of maintence codes. the rental inspection board emphasizes the importance of safety and health in living environments. "we're concerned about the health and safety of the occupants," said randy meyer, chairman of the rental inspection board. "and we're goininto go in and make sure there are no violations". . members of the ordinance board feel the updated dwelling law will create a safer environment for occupants. this new ordinance for rental inspections was created under the leadership of a diverse group of south sioux city citizens including the mayor, landowners, a homeowner, as well as attorneys and paralegals, giving a voice for every group affected by the new law. jenna: whether you u nt or own, you may be able to look forward to lower heating bills this winter. that's thanks to predictions of warmer weather in t easter

in south sioux city, nebraska, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. they hope to have the system up and running by christmas. just ahead... they will be the coolest costumes in the neighborhood. an oregon dad spends months making costumes that will turn his sons' lives around.... if just for a day. okoboji from okoboji skycam... one very creative oregon dad has costumes for his two sons for months. that's because he transforms the boys' wheelchairs into elaborate costumes worthy of a movie screen. cathy marshall shows us. << (nats: "growls") if halloween had elves they'd be brothers in law daniel saunders (nats: "yeah my wife found that at a thrift store") and ryan weimer - (nats) their workshop is ryan's garage (nats) "this foam is called l 200" by october 31st the foam will be fashioned into indominus rex from jurassic park and a spacecraft from guardians of the galaxy. (sot: daniel saunders, builds costumes) "in the movie it's got these hands that can come out and grab stuff" 10 year old keaton weimer and his 3 year old brother bryce - ryan's sons

50 yard house call...6-0 south sioux.... a few minutes later....david torres finds some running room right up the middle....he is dragged down deep in the red zone...they would score on this drive to make it 12-0 and south sioux wins its first game of the season on the last friday night of the regular season...48-12 the final. alex the musketeers, looking for their third straight win tonight taking on des moines. third period...sioux city keane...behind the net and he bangs one home off the back of nick mac- nab........musketeer lead..... and then jacob wilson must have heard fightin' words....because he drops the words....because he drops the gloves.....goes at it with nikita pav- ly-chev....and wilson wins....downs goes frazier! that sparks the sioux city offense...mitch fossier....to brian regali.....teemu pulkinnen finishes it off.....pretty sequence from the musketeer offense and they win it 4-1....they host tri-city tomorrow night for the pink in the rink game..... 2 line name super: chris palmquist cpalmquist@kcaut st

fire departments from dakota city, ponca and south sioux city responded to the call. no one was hurt. south dakota's minimum wage will go up by a nickel-- to 8-55-- in january. that's because of a cost-of-living increase built into the law that voters approved in december 2014. the voter-approved law took effect in 2015. it initially raised the minimum hourly wage from $7.25 to $8.50. it also increased the hourly tip wage to half the minimum wage, and tied future increases to the cost of living. move over denim. as yoga wear has found its comfortable niche, jeans sales are slouching. why we're ditching our denim next on news 4 today. ben: and i'll have your forecast next! << >> << wx timer @ 2:45 freeze warning in effect for most of siouxland today until 9 am frost advisory in effect for eastern and southeastern siouxland today until 9 am freeze warning in effect for eastern siouxland saturday 3 am until 9 am after a frosty start to friday for many, we won't see much relief this afternoon as temperatures only rise into the 50s making for some chilly friday night footba

this year it was at the marina inn in south sioux city. the chamber says these forums have been going on for more than three decades... and they're meananto get input to find out what they're worried about. senator bloomfield thinks the most pressing issue of 20 - 16 is property tax... specifically in agriculture. bloomfield says these meetings is important to the state of nebraska. jake>> twelve siouxland groups got a *financial* boost for special projects yesterday afternoon. they got money from missouri river histstical development.... the group gave out more than 1 - million dollars *it* got from the hard rock hotel and casino.

this year's annual forum took place at the marina inn in south sioux city. the chamber says these forums have taken place for more than three decades... and their purpose is to gather input from the business community on their concerns. senator bloomfield believes the most pressing issue of 2016 is the agricultlte community. bloomfield says these meetings are important because business is important to the state of nebraska. larry>> 12 siouxland organizations have received some financial help for their special projects. that money comes from missouri river historical development... murd is the non profit groro that holds the gambling linse for the hard rock hotel and casino.

this yr's annual forum took place at the marina inn in south sioux city. the chamber says these forums have taken place for more than three decades... and their purpose is to gather input from the business community on their concerns. senator bloomfield believes the property tax, specifically for the agriculture community. bloomfield says these meetings are important because business is important to the state of nebraska. larry>> 12 siouxland groups got some financial help for special projects this afternoon. that money comes from missouri river historical development... which gave out more than 1- the e rd rock hotel and cacano

heelan and south sioux city 1. south sioux would jump out to a quick lead in the first set...carissa powell with the cardinal. 2. south sioux would score the first six points of the set before heelan would score a point.. here samantha mccabe with the nice block.. heelan 3. heelan's nicole jacobson with the spike.. heelan now up 4. heelan would go up twenty three to six but t t cardinal would comemeack.. kori fischer with the nice shot cuts the crusader lead to twenty three to twenty. 5. heelan would win the set 25 to twenty one and.. they win the whole thing 2 sets to nothing. heelan taking on north now. 1. pick up action in the second game.. grace hanno with the kill.. h hlan up fifteen to eight. 2. heelan's allie cooke with the spike.. north's veronica boogard and grace mcloud unable to block it.. seventeen to eight heelan. 3. heelan's samantha mccabe with the easy kill. heelan up twenty-three to eight and they would win the second setet! and sweep north two games to none. in other volleyball action... ponca hos

jessica rae scott: jessica rae: south sioux city is implementing new regulations for people who have rental properties... but some property owners are taking issue with the new rules. abc9 news reporter rachel ramos ( has has more on the new ordinance. south sioux city just passed an ordinance requiring inspections to all units that are leased by occupants. families who have members dwelling in their property are not exempt, and some south siouxlanders are upset. " the family exemption is standard throughout the united states, and why they do not want to have a family exemption within this community like other cities. doesn't make any sense," said property owner arlyn wilson. cities like sioux city and ames have similar requirements, but are not enforced the same way. the inspections will require tenants to meet minimum housing health standards in order to keep residents safe. "we're concerned about the health and safety of the occupants, and we're going to go in and make sure that there are no violations," said chairman randy meyer. housing that has minor violations will be inspecte

the siouxland diablos is a team of 20, 14 and 15- year- olds from sioux city and south sioux city. next july... those players and their coaches will head to europe to play in a pair of international youth tournaments. first up will be the gothia cup in sweden... the world's largest youth tournament that involves 16- hundred teams from more than 80 countries. the next week... the diablos will head to denmark for a tournament involving more than a thousand teams. 3 "it change your life. you get to see different culture, meet different people, different styles of soccer. so in any way, it's a great experience" the norm waitt senior y- m- c- a has set up a go fund me account to help offset the cost of the trip... which is thousand dollars for the team. 3 still to come tonight on siouxland news at nine... u- s marshals need your help tracking down a western iowa manwe'll tell you what he's wanted for in tonight's edition of siouxland's most wanted... plus..."asman says: 'what's the best place to trick or treat in the u.s.? we'll tell you. i'm david asman with the fox business 3 tonight

police arrested 38- year- old trisha flute (flewt) of south sioux city... and 39- year- old irene lasley of sioux city. they say flute was driving... and is charged with aggravated eluding and reckless driving... along with several traffic violations. lasley was arrested on outstanding warrants. police are also looking for a third person... a native american man in his 30s who ran from the car. if you have any information you're asked to call sioux city police. diana>> three members of a storm lake family are in jail following drug - related probes in utah and storm lake. 49- year- old abel medina rios... his 28- year- old daughter raquel... and 26- year- old son abel... were arrested following a traffic stop by the utah highway patrol monday. they found about 55 pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun in their car. the arrests led storm lake police to search a home at 210 highway street... the el tapatio mexican restaurant... and the princess palace clothing store. storm lake police say they found two guns and some marijuana... crystal meth... and cash. all three are facing drug posses

south sioux city will soon be generating power from wood chips. it received a 216-thousand dollar grant that will be put toward a unit that creates electricity from gas produced by unburned wood chips. this is a smaller demonstration model of the generator. the city will also spend 50-thousand dollars of its own money, but officials say they'll save about 40-thousand dollars each year in electrical costs--- and have a new way to dispose of trees and brush. valero renewables kicked off its annual united way campaign yesterday. valero has 11 ethanol plants in the midwest, including this one in hartley, iowa. a company spokesman says they want the communities where they do business to be proud of having valero in town and they want their employees to proud that they work for valero. in addition to its ethanol plants, valero has 13 petroleum refineries in the midwest. a boil advisory goes into effect today in soldier, iowa, after the main valve in the city's pumphouse broke. crews will begin the repair work this morning. residents are asked to boil th

in south sioux city, nebraska, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. the city used a grant to pay for most of the project. they hope to have it up and running before christmas. valero renewables operates 11 ethanol plants in the midwest. four of them are in iowa, including this one in hahaley. this morning, ththe plants kicked off their annual united way campaign. employees learned about the importance of giving back by donating to the united way, and completing community service with different organizations. while valero takes pride in its community service efforts, a spokesman says it also takes pride in how well the plants are doing, especially the one in hartley. "ethanol margins which is basically like the profit t tt you get from making ethanol are down compared to last year," said day. "last year was an excellent, excellent year for ethanol. this year is a good year. it's just not as gigantic as last year was." valero has 11 ethanol plants in the midwest. four are in iowa. it also has 13 petroleum refineries in the midwest as well. city leaders

police arrested 38- year- old trisha flute (flewt) of south sioux city... and 39- year- old irene lasley of sioux city. they say flute was driving... and is charged with aggravated eluding and reckless driving... along with several traffic violations. lasley was arrested on outstanding warrants. police are also looking for a third person... a native american man in his 30s who ran from the car. if you have any information you're asked to call sioux city police. diana>> three members of a storm lake family are in jail following drug - related probes in utah and storm lake. 49- year- old abel medina rios... his 28- year- old daughter raquel... and 26- year- old son abel... were arrested following a traffic stop by the utah highway patrol monday. they found about 55 pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun in their car. the arrests led storm lake police to search a home at 210 highway street... the el tapatio mexican restaurant... and the princess palace clothing store. storm lake police say they found two guns and some marijuana... crystal meth... and cash. all three are facing drug posses

heelan and south sioux city 1. south sioux would jump out to a quick lead in the first set...carissa powell with the spike. one to nothing cardinal. 2. south sioux would score the first six points of the set before heelan would score a point.. here samantha mccabe with the nice block.. heelan only down two. 3. heelan's nicole jacobson with the spike.. heelan now up ten to six. 4. heelan would go up twenty three to six but the cardinal would come back.. kori fischer with the nice shot cuts the crusader lead to twenty three to twenty. 5. heelan would win the set 25 twenty one and... they win the e ole thing 2 sets to nothing. heelan taking on north now. 1. pick up action in the second game.. grace hanno with the kill.. heelan up fifteen to eight. 2. heelan's allie cooke with boogard and grace mcloud unable to block it.. seventeen to eight 3. heelan's samantha mccabe with the easaskill. heelan up twenty-three to eight and they would win the second set and sweep north two games to none. in other volleyball action... po

a new south sioux spiraled away leaving mostly cloudy skies in their wake. the temperature map displays 40s and 50s in the region. however, a strong northwest wind is blowing and will gust today near 45 miles per hour, so it feels far cooler. getting a look at your dayplanner, you can see that city ordinance for rental inspections has some city leaders butting heads with propery owners. ill explain... plus here's what you can expect coming up on gma " " butting heads with propery owners.. south sioux city has passed a new ordinance for rental inspections that will take effect in march. with the new ordinance, property owners must follow a checklist of maintence codes. the rental inspection board emphasizes the importance of safety and healthy living environments. "we're concerned about the health and safety of the occupants," said randy meyer, chairman of the rental inspection board. "and we're going to go in and make sure there are no violations". jessica rae: members of the ordinance board feel the updated dwelling law will create a safer environment for o

middle 50s to middle 60s were seen in eastern nebraska and southeastern south dakota. sioux city has 58 degrees. siouxland temperatures are in the 50s with 60s across the southeast. winds are from the east at 5 to 15 miles per hour. local temperatures show a warm front to our south. along this front, rain is forming. more rain is located in south dakota and nebraska, closer to a low pressure center. the stormcast hd shows the warm front moving through tonight, which will yield slowly rising temperatures and increasing rain chances. the low will push a cold front through tomorrow, keeping rain chances alive--and a few thunderstorms are possible too. the rain forecast shows over an inch possibly in part of northern and western siouxland. sioux city could see 0.83". tonight's low will be 55 with rain and slowly rising temperatures. tomorrow, 68 will be the high with rain and a few thunderstorms. the 7-day shows a nice weekend but more rain chances next tuesday and wednesday. jenna/tim/fred (jenna) thanks, fred. (fred) tim: still to come... between your work lifd home life, thin

in fact, in south sioux city, nebraska, wood waste is being used to make eleltricity. ktiv's sam curtiss joins us in the newsroom tonight. he spoke with people working on the project and has the details. sam? matt, pretty soon a unit, kind of like the one you'll see in a second, will be hooked up to a transformer in south sioux city. that unit will generate electricity for various uses from wood chips. this is a smaller unit than the one the city will be using, just for demonstration purposes today. basically, the gas produced from unburned wood chips is what creates the electricity. the ty used a $216,000 grant to fund this. on top of that, they spent $50,000 of the city's money on it but say they'll save almost that each year. "two things, it's going to let us use a lot of the trees and shrubs [and] any woody mass-type substance allow us to dispose of it and make energy out of it," id rod koch. "it will save us approximately $40,000 a year in electrical costs." the mayor said getting this unit goes with the city's mission to go green. the actual unit hasn't been inst

ride will start on july 24th 2016 and run until the 30th. 3 the "great pumpkin sale" is over at south sioux city's lewis and clark lewis and sioux city's over at south pumpkin sale" is the "great the "great pumpkin sale" is over at south sioux city's lewis and clark elementary school. and we now know how much ney the e udents raised for the food bank of siouxland.yesterday the school presented the food bank with a check for 650 dollars that money will go to the food bank's backpack program for hungry kids. the sale and donation were papa of lewis and clark elemenenry's "citizen of the month assembly"... with the students learning about "co - operation" this month. 3 "one of the things we teach them all the time is building a community. and the school is your community and be proud of it. and this is one way the students can give back to the community. it's very important of us to teach that lesson to them."of the 16 - hundred sacks of food made by the backpack program each week in siouxland... 100 of them go to students at lewis and clark elementary who have been identified as being at risk

sioux city. still to come... woodbury central tries to tonight. but, south o'brien will try to have a live report later in if you thinknktorm damage is the only cost of climate change, think again. from the rising pricicof food to higher insurance rates for homes and businesses, the economic damage will only get worse. but with american-made clean energy, we can save money on electricity and spur innovation to create new businesses and jobs. it all starts with 50% clean energy by 2030. << >> freeze warning in effect for eastern siouxland early saturday morning frost advisory for southeastern siouxland early saturday morning after a frosty start to friday for many, we could see more patchy frost tonight, especially in eastern siouxland where a freeze warning is in effect for somom once we get t eyond saturday morning, temperures will start warming for us. highs by saturday afternoon should get into the low 60s with 70 even possible by sunday. the warming trend will continue into the early part of next week with highs easily esday. rain has been sparse asasf l

others received sentences for their roles in taking jamal dean to south sioux city, winnebago, and back to the palmer house motel in sioux city. that's where jamal dean and his brother levon were actually accused of robbing a person of money and meth almost two weeks before the shooting of officer jamal dean received 25 years in prison for the attempted murder of officer mccormick. in january, he received life in prison for other violent crimes he committed over the years. his brother lavon dean received 33 years for his crime sprees. here's a look at the other people sentenced in the dean conspiracy case. kimberly smith who lived with the uncle was sentenced to eight months. anna baker received four months in federal prison. ingmar hernandez received 33 months. and, monica rocha- contreras was sentenced to 15 days in the woodbury county jail. we have another cool night on tap in siouxland. here to tell us more is chief meteorologis t ron demers joins with the first look at our forecast at six. weather ad-lib after a cool morning start that saw many of us go into the upper 30s, it turne

the south sioux grad wants to finish on a high note. "i'm really excited to get this season started," said gesell. "we've been beating each other up in practice so it's nice to finally go against another opponent. we're ready to get this season going. we've got a lot of returners, a lot of experience so we got great chemistry." game time is 7 o'clock. iowa's regular season opener is november 13th. iowa state senior georges niang has been named preseason first-team all-american, by sports illustrated. niang averaged over 15 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists last season. niang enters his final season as a cyclone with over 15-hundred career points, which is fifth among active division i players. he is the only player nationally with 1,500 points, 450 rebounds and tonight on k-t-i-v and n-b-c, a new episode of heroes reborn starts at 7 followed by a new episode of the blacklist at 8 and the player at 9. then tonight on news four at ten.... battling breast cancer: the siouxland woman's choice to try and reduce her risk of the disease coming

police arrested 38 - year - old trisha (flewt) flute of south sioux city... and 39 - year - old irene lasley of sioux city. they say flute was driving... she's charged with aggravated eluding and reckless driving... along with quite a few traffic violations. lasley was arrested on outstanding warrants. police are also looking for a third person... a native american man in his 30s who ran from the car. if you have any information... please call sioux city police. jake>> three members of a storm lake family are in jail... after drug probes in utah and storm lake. 49 - year - old abel medina rios... his 28 - year - old daughter raquel... and 26 - year - old son abel... were arrested after a traffic stop by the utah highway patrol monday. they found about 55 pounds of marijuana and a loaded handgun in their car. the arrests led storm lake police to search a home at 210 highway street... the el tapatio mexican restaurant... and the princess palace clothing store. two guns and some marijuana... crystal meth... and cash. all three are facing drug possession charges i

south sioux city picks up their first win of the season in the final game - brian fiedler ran for a school record 275 yards - and scored 4 times - the cardinals beat omaha south 48-12. hinton handles unity - jay small, 268 yards, 3 touchdowns passing - blake vande hoef, 121 yards and a touchdown receiving. blackhawks win 45- 20. hinton finishes second in the district to western christian - district title - take it away, coach kooima. "it's a huge step for our program, for us to be able to win a district like this, where it was just tough. every friday night was a tough game." norfolk continued their strong play - gunner fuelberth to lane mccallum - great one-handed grab sets up a score as the panthers pound kearney, 42-6 battle creek is the top seed in the class c2 playoffs - wyatt hamer scoring the early touchdown as the braves blast lutheran high northeast, 35-zip. and history at morningside on saturday - ryan kasdorf becoming the first mustang to ever eclipse 100 pass t-d's - morningside mauls briar cliff, 79-7. that's the sportsfource morning wrap. with the morningside women winning th

diana>> south sioux city held its third annual national bioenergy day today at scenic park campground. a new wood-fired heat and electrical genenating unit was ununiled at the event. this is e first of its kind in nebraska to produce electricity from wood fuel. this system will use any tree waste or debris to put that back into the community as a renewable energy source. "this is gasifying wood which is a different process than just burning it, but it produces heat and then also a gagawhich is then used to runun generator. this is the first system of it's kind in neaska to produce electricity from wood. the 50 kilowatt generator will use about 900 tons of wood debris... primarily coming from tree trimmings, community cleanups, and diseased ash trees thatatust come down soon. . single generator will be able to operate about five households. larry>> a northeast nebraska bar that's known for its big burgers and generous portions is helping raise money for a local park. the folks at bob's bar in martinsburg are holding a fundraiser saturday... featuring kid's activities and musus by the d

the "go red for women luncheon" will be taking place at the marina inn conference center in south sioux city. almost 800 people are expected to attend the event sponsored by the american heart association. this is video from last year's luncheon. theheart disease is the number one killer of women in siouxland. the "go red luncheon" kicks off tomorrow at 10:30 a.m. still to come... successfully reattached after an accident. details on the successful surgery. calling, texting and surfing the web.. all things you can do with your cell phone. add saving lives to that list with apps that can help in an emergency. and move over denim. as yoga wear has found its comfortable niche, jeans sales are slouching. why we're ditching our denim tomorrow on news 4 today. we need to disrupt the old order in washington, dc. we can do a lot better by applying,conservative principles we should lower rates and simplify the code to allow people to freely decide how they want to spend their money. what we need is leadership to fix a few big things... so that this country takes off and soars where people can dr

nearly 200 people attended the conference at the marina inn conference center in south sioux city. south dakota's dennis daugaard expressed concern about what he "overreach" into the operations of state government. iowa's terry branstad talked about the impact of the bird flu. and nebraska's pete ricketts wants to improve education and create more job opportunities. the tri- state governors' confnfence is held every two years here in the metro area. larry>> after months of anticipation... hillary clinton ent today squarely on the hot seat in front of a special house committee investigating the attack on an american consulate in libya. as scott thuman reports... republicans were looking for the former secretary of state to answer their questions about the conditions that led to the deaths of four americans. focus or not, hillary clinton's testimony the most anticipated in perhaps years. specifically, over why ambassador chris stevens' requests for added security, were ignored. (hillary clinton) "i did not see them, i did not approve them, i did not deny them." clinton's emails, agai

at south sioux city. the muskies host the des moines buccaneers. sheldon at cental lyon george little rock. and it's win or go home for sioux central and woodbury central. only the winner gets into the playoffs. chris & kiana>> kiana you go to kingsley pierson but throw for the kingsley-pierson woodbury central team. i know you go to a lot of their games and your family who are playing in this game? (ad-lib) ok it's big announcement time. we've got the nine schools up that were your favorites, you've been heavily rectruited by them since july 1st. arizona state, ucla, stanford, oregon, texas, texas a & m, kentucky, auburn, miami. just a whos who of amazing division one schools. which school are you throwing for when you get to campus in fall of 2016? (ad-lib) ok it's big announcement time. we've got the nine schools up that were your favorites, you've been heavily rectruited by them since july 1st. arizona state, ucla, stanford, oregon, texas, texas a & m, kentucky, auburn, miami. just a whos who of amazing division one schools. which school are yo

this yr's annual forum took place at the marina inn in south sioux city. the chamber says these forums have taken place for more than three decades... and their purpose is to gather input from the business community on their concerns. senator bloomfield believes the property tax, specifically for the agriculture community. bloomfield says these meetings are important because business is important to the state of nebraska. larry>> 12 siouxland groups got some financial help for special projects this afternoon. that money comes from missouri river historical development... which gave out more than 1- the e rd rock hotel and cacano among the grants given out this afternoon... the city of correctionville got 125 thousand for their swimming pool... camp high hopes got 150- thousand to sioux city got 200- thousand to help build cone park... and bishop heelan got 100- thousand to re- build the track at memorial field. "this is a very special day, we budgeted $750,000 for this grant process and the board approved over a million." this round of grants brings the to

others received sentences for their roles in taking jamal dean to south sioux city, winnebago, and back to the palmer house motel in sioux city. that's where jamal dean and his brother levon were actually accused of robbing a person of money and meth almost two weeks before the shooting of officer mccormick. >> jamal dean received 25 years in prison for the attempted murder of officer mccormick. in january, he received life in prison for r other violent crcres he committed over the years. his brother lavon dean received 33 years for his crime sprees. here's a look at the other people sentenced in the dean conspiracy case. kimberly smith who lived with the uncle was sentenced to eight months. anna baker received four months in federal prisis. ingmar hernandez rececved 33 months. and, monica rocha- contreras was ntenced to 15 days in the woodbury county jail. a community is mourning the death of man after an accidential fire in allen, nebraska last week. the flash fire happened at a restaurant under renovation last thursday in allen. authorities say 70-year- old gerald, , jerry, koch of n

people attended the 14th tri - state governor's conference at the marina inn conference center in south sioux city. south dakota's dennis dougard expressed concern about what he calls the federal governments "overreach" into the operations of state government. iowa's terry branstad talked about the impact of the bird flu. and nebraska's pete ricketts wants to improve education and create more job opportunities. "by bringing in together all leadership parties in the siouxland area, to create this economic power house, this economic development voice that and south dakota." the tri - state governors conference is held every two years here ithe metro area. larry>> teachers at hunt elementary school got some lessons in the art of acting today... lessons that could help them in the classroom. a group of experts called "a plus" schools of north carolina... showed the teachers creative ways to educate students through the use of drama lessons...dance... theater, and visual arts. that includes presenting a play about the civil war era... which will be presented to 5th grade students who are taking so

south sioux city trying to play the role of spoiler. omaha south needs a win and help to get into the playoffs. 1. minute left in the second... cardinals with a big lead... but monte mcgary making the catch... 40 yards... packers touchdown! 2.ust seconds left in the first half... . rdinals trying to keep it alive... nathan canoles shoots through the middle... gets the first and stops the clock. 3.hird quarter now... cardinals ball, still with a big lead... watch this run by brian fiedler... gets to his left... carrying tacklers... he picks up another first down. 4.ardinals looking to score here... david torres goes one cardnials increase their massive lead andet the two point conversion. if 1-7 sioux city north beats des moines east by a lot they make the playoffs! scarlets wrapping up the regular season at home... 1st quarter: sc north's alex tillo gets rushed, swarmed unde by zach havel east gets the ball - jaron turner to hunter kahler - down at the 1. east would punch it in next play and go up 14-0. 2nd quarter - think it's over? no

the siouxland diablos is a team of 20, 14 and 15- year- olds from sioux city and south sioux city. next july... those players and their coaches will head to europe to play in a pair of international youth tournaments. first up will be the gothia cup in sweden... the world's largest youth tournament that involves 16- hundred teaa from re than untries. the next week... the diablos will head to denmark for a tournament teams. 3 "it change your life. you get to see different culture, meet different people, different styles of soccer. so in any way, it's a great experience" the norm waitt senior y- m- c- a has set up a go fund me account to help offset the cost of the trip... which is expected to be around 80- thousand dodoars for the team. 3 it's much more like a normal fall day.is this what we can expect from now on chad? 3 <

this year's annual forum took place at the marina inn in south sioux city. the chamber says these forums have taken place for more than three decades... and their purpose is to gather input from the business community on their concerns. senator bloomfield believes the most pressing issue of 2016 is the agricultlte community. bloomfield says these meetings are important because business is important to the state of nebraska. larry>> 12 siouxland organizations have received some financial help for their special projects. that money comes from missouri river historical development... murd is the non profit groro that holds the gambling linse for the hard rock hotel and casino. it handed out more than a million dollars generated by gambling at the hard rock. among the groups getting grant were... the city of correctionville which received 125 thousand for its swimming pool... camp high hopes got 150- thousand to build a new cabin... the city of sioux x ty got 200- thousand to help build the new cone park.... and heelan high school got a 100- thousand to re- buil

kids at lewis and clark elementary school in south sioux city are selling hungry. money from the pumpkin sale will be donated to the food bank of siouxland to be used for the "backpack" program. local businesses donated the pumpkins. teachers at lewis & clark school say the fundraiser teaches the students a valuable lesson. "it was very important for us to show our kids that not only can you rereive from your community, you cacaalso give back to yoyo community," said lewis & clark elementary reading teacher, erica bowman. "for them to hold this little fundraiser and be able to donate that@money back to a program that helps them weekly is really, really important." the great pumpkin patch sale continues today after school until 5 o'clock. if you're a lover of the warm weather, ben says don't let today pass by unappreciated. he'll be here to tell us how much cooler r ings will be. here's the live view from our skycam in spencer, iowa, whwhe it's and degrees << despite a few more clouds in the sky today, we'll continue to see some decent warmth spread across the area

today was the 11th annual "go red for women" event at south sioux city's marina inn. the goal is to bring more awareness to cardiovascular disease and stroke... which is the number 5 killer of women each year. this year's event was keynoted by two young women who survived a stroke. the event also included a luncheon and a silent auction. diana>> siouxland's special olympics athletes are getting a chance to advance to a state competition this weekend. the special olympics iowa is hosting regional qualifying tournament in bowling at the sioux city plaza bowl, which started today. more than 80 students were at the sioux city tournament this morning. members of the briar cliff university football team, as well as west high school, east high school and west middle school students volunteered at the event. "i think it's really fun to help people get better at stuff." "it's just really fun to help these people. it's really fun to bowl and just have a good time." and you can check out the participants go head to head again tomorrow at 9 a- m- to 1 p-m- at the plaza bowl. chad

ymca announced monday the team will include 20 players from north, east, south sioux city and bishop heelan high schools. they'll play at tournaments next july in sweden and denmark. "from my own experience, it will change your life," said head different cultures, meet different people, see different styles of soccer, so in any way, it's a great experience." the team captain says he's excited and honored to be chosen to represent his community. "it's a great opportunity because we're one of the only ones in our area to be able to go, and to be chosen feels really good," said deleon. the group will start fundraising for the 15-day trip right away. they need about 80 thousand dollars. some parts of siouxland could see showers today?? meterologist ben dorenbach will be back with the details after this. spencer, iowa checking in ben's back. >> << >> update from the u-s-d-a... and there's growing demand and growing production of organic foods in the u.s., from fruits and vegetables... to back with the latest harvest update from the u-s-d-a... and there's growing demand and growing product

the team is made up of 20 players from north, east and south sioux and bishop heelan high schools. the team will be coached by the b-s-x soccer academy director who has international playing experience and sees the value in the opportunity for his players. "from my own experience, it will change your life," said head coach, carlos saenz. "you get to see didierent cultures, meet different t ople, see different t styles of soccer, so in any way, it's a greaexperience." the team will play in the gothia cup in sweden in july. they will then travel to denmark to play in the dana cup. team captain henry deleon is excited and honored to have been chosen to represent his community. "it's a great opportunity because we're one of the only ones in our area to be able to go, and to be chosen feels really good," said deleon. the group will immediately begin raising funds needed for the trip, which will require about 80 thousand dollars for the 15-day experience. still to come.... a new study reveals that red and processed meat can cause cancer. millions of families gathered around the dinner ta

fofoer south sioux city standout mike guh-sell is entering his senior season with the iowa basketball team. at practice he talked about their upcoming opener against sioux falls thursday night and how the young players are shaping up at practice. 3 "yeah i'm really excited to get this season started. we've been beating each other up in practice so it's nice to finally go against another opponent and we're ready to get this season going. they're definitely coming along. there's a lot of ups and downs. but expected from so many freshmen. i think they're coming along great. theyeye king prprress every day." 3 tonight we have some great matchups in regional volleyball. let's start in 2a region one where numberone western christian hosts rock valley. boyden hull travels to west lyon. sioux central hosts okoboji. and north union heads to emmetsburg.in the other half of the bracket we will see number two unity christian hosting ridge view. ikm manning heads to manson northwest webster. twelth ranked lawton bronson hosts mvao. and woodbury central one central lyon hosts hms, newell fonda play