the 7th-ranked south sioux city girls taking on sioux city east. first quarter - augusta thramer at the top of the key - great look inside to carissa powell for the easy two. south sioux got out to a 17-nothing lead - kori fischer gets an open look in the paint and converts - lady cardinals running away with it. east keeps fighting - rylie zyzda - driving the lane and getting the roll - but the black raiders had a tough go of it. thramer answers on the drive - south sioux city handles their business - 62- the bishop heelan boys were ranked seventh in the last class 3a poll of 2015. the crusaders have won three straight since losing to east. heelan taking on unity christian -- who's also won three in a row. heelan took charge of this one early. a lot of that had to do with deandre burnside - the senior can really play - he went for 29 points tonight - finishing at the rim. unity christian - looking inside later in the first quarter - logan schiebout the beneficiary - he converts underneath - knights down just three. but then it was all heelan - burn

in south sioux city, chief ford is on vacation this week. but he'll be back for his retirement party tomorrow. meterologist t-j springer says we could see a little snow... but we'll see some sunshine and warmer temperatures, too. he's in next with the forecast. it's degrees right now in spencer, iowa. congress doesn't regulate wall street... wall street regulates congress. it's a rigged economy that sends most new wealth to the top 1%. and it's held in place by a corrupt political system where wall street banks and billionaires buy elections. my campaign is funded by over two and a half million small contributions. people who know you can't level the playing field by taking more money from wall street. i'm bernie sanders, and i approve this message. meterologist t-j springer is in for ben today. it's another cloudy day. clouds will be staying thick all across siouxland as we move into our thursday here wiwi a few snow showers possible as a weak wave of low pressure sinks towards the viewing area. temperarares will be below average with highs

"the safety and the goodwill we have in south sioux is a reflection of a leader." that leader began as a rookie patrol officer with the department in 1974 before being promoted to sergeant. but ford's longest time was spent as a police chief...26 years. "keeping our city safe over these last 42 years, we have a very low crime rate," said south sioux city mayor rod koch. "we have very low turnover in our police department." su since chief ford started with the south sioux city police department 42 years s o, there and accomplishments. "he brought us into the electronics era," said andy backman, an investigator with the south sioux city police department. "you know i can tell you when i first started here, our reputation wasn't the best in the state. but he has brought us to the forefront as far as our equipment, our cars, equipment we work with." and while ford, kept theheepartment moving forward, he made sure it always felt like family. "he was firm, but fair," said doug adams, lieutenant of investigations for the south sioux city police department. "he was willing

reporting in south sioux city, nebraska. i'm jetske wauran, siouxland news. 3 3 nearly two dozen local businesses are teaming up with briar cliff university and the sioux city growth organization for *entrepalooza 2016* next month.the 10- day event will kick off february th at briar cliff... with a lecture from gateway computers co- founder ted waitt. the festival will include a consulting fair, entrepreneur's pitching contest and this year's 3 "we want to bring the entrepreneurship culture to this whole communitso if you start off with the kids and you follow and mentor those kids all the way up you can keep that entrepreneurship culture in this community "entrepalooza 2016 will wrap up on february 25th.all events are free and open to the public.for more information... including a full schedule... we've got a link in this story on siouxland news dot com. 3 people come up with a lot of unique ideas to raise money. but a siwux city fundraiser may *t* them al.. so to speak. 3 people may get to pay for the privilege of rappeling

city and school leaders in south sioux city talked about that today. ... abc9's elisa raffa has more.... "property tax relief is not an education issue. education is dependent upon the mechanisms the state identifies for us, and there are limits to what we can do. we get the fact that there needs to be property tax relief, but what we'r'ralso saying is n't do that on thebacks of oururids" says vernon fisher, superintendent, south sioux city schools. nebraska govenor ricketts has put into motion a legislative bill that wod cap property taxes in oder to help ag land producers. the problem is nebraska is ranked 49th in the country for state funding of k through 12... making them the second most reliant on property taxes to fund schools. with little funding from the state, and a possible cap on property taxes. red flags have been raised. "the problem is by capping it, it may or may not, depending on that area, affect and appropriately limit the property taxes because you may have local governments that need that revenue to provide services so they increase the

the sixth-ranked south sioux girls off to a 9-1 start.....taking on east... opening minutes....augusta tramer.........collec ts the steal and cashes it in for the east two....cards strike first on the scoreboard... tramer getting it done with her vision as well.....the assist to carissa powell......precisio n passing......4-0 south sioux..... and why not keep that connection alive.....tramer to powell...this time off glass.........the cardinals rolling over at the tyson..... all scorers getting involved in this one....kori fischer....the jumper hits the mark.....south sioux started this game on a 17-0 run..... bere east finally scored.....rylie zyzda........slicing through the paint and finishing......... but this one was all cardinals......tram er making it look too easy....south sioux wins big 62- 26. alex wednesday night, iowa state beat texas tech for its first conference win of the season. tomorrow, the cyclones turn to face baylor looking for big 12 win number two. the bears roll into ames with plenty of confidence at hilton coliseum. in fact, baylor ha

3 in nebraska south sioux city is now 16 and 1! not enough to move up in the latest nebraska preps rankings released last month. they remain at number four in class "a" let's take a look at the rest of the movement around siouxland.over in pierce the 16-0 defending state champ lady jays remain in the top spot in class c-1. west point beemer at 16-1 stay at number 6. over in class c-2 another undefeated team in guardian angels central catholic stays at number one in c-2. crofton, at 14-2 and with their state championship credentials stays s at number two. oakland-craig staying at number 8. 3 in class d-1 howells-dodge drops from four to one after their loss to tekameh herman friday night. emerson-hubbard holds firm at number two. pender moves up from 10 to 7 despite losing two of three firm at number 8. 3 it is s me night which essentially means its the best night of the week in sports. and we are all metro area today! starting with bishop heelan visiting sergeant blufff luton! 3 here's what else we've got rapid fire! north welcomes

tommieie matt, south sioux city schchls rely heavily on state aid, big property t bills in the works. the hool district, along with surrounding schools in dakota county, stand to lose half a million dollars under the proposals. << clear thinking for a stronger nebraska. that's the motto of opensky policy institute...an independent, nonpartisan organization. the budget and how those impact nebraskans," said opensky policy institute executive director, their executive director stopped by south sioux city monday to give a preview of the state's recent legislative session. she brought some high profile issues to the forefront of the discussion-- specifically two proposed bills that could have unintended consequences for south sioux city schools. "i think for us we want to take a look at the bill itself see what the different components of the bill will be and take an estimated view of how that will ultimately impact us," said siouth sioux city schools superintendent, vernon fisher. and 959.9.a package deal proposed by governor ricketts. ere's two sides to the coin when it comes to these b

winter weather advisories are posted for areas south of sioux city until 6pm tuesday. temperatures get a little warmer this week. some areas could even see the 40 degree mark by saturday. look for mostly cloudy skies most of the week with flurries possible on thursday, and then expect may a bit of a wintry mix on sunday.>> 3 3 we're two weeks away from the first-in-the-nation caucuses in iowa.they happen february first.since it's been at least four years since anyone's taken part in the process... siouxland news anchor jacob heller has a refresher course on caucusing. 3 on february 1st iowa has a first-in-the-nation chance to who we want as our next president.if you've never been to a caucus before...here's how it works.first...you've got to be a registered republican or democrat.you *can* register that night.just go to your polling place with a photo i - d and proof of where you live...a utility bill or bank statement will work.and you've got to be 18-years-old by election day... that's november 8th of this year.so if you're only 17 now, but will be 18 by then... you'

reporting in south sioux city, nebraska. i'm jetske wauran, siouxland news. 3 3 nearly two dozen local businesses are teaming up with briar cliff university and the sioux city growth organization for entrepalooza 2016 next month.the 10- day event will kick off february 15th at briar cliff with a lecture from gateway computers co- founder ted waitt.the festival will include a consulting fair, entrepreneur's pitching contest and this year's innovation market.all events are free and open to the public.for more information... including a full schedule... we've got a link in this story on siouxland news dot com. unique ideas to raise money. but a sioux city fundraiser may *top* them all... so to speak. 3 people may get to pay for the privilege of rappeling down the 12 story howard johnson hotel in downtown sioux city. it's a fundraiser that big brothers big sisters of siouxland is trying to pull off. you have to raise a thousand dollars to reserve one of 90 spots for rappelers. the goal is to raise 95-thousand dollars.the event i

ranked teams face each other as south sioux city goes to west and cherokee hosts manson, northwest webster. we'll have highlights of 11 games, and we'll start in sioux city. the west and south sioux city girls have had identical seasons so far. both teams are ranked -- and both could be in the state tournament in march. this game at west middle school -- west ranked 14th in iowa's class 4a -- south sioux is seventh in nebraska's class a. it was close all night -- augusta thramer stops and pops the long 2- inter -- cardinals up 12-11 after a quarter. west doesn't go away. on the break -- sky silvas to rachel knutson- kobold for the layin. wolverines down 5 at the half.8 west takes the lead in the third -- brianna moore gets the bucket and bonus. wolverines by 3 -- going to the fourth. but the lady cardinals pull it out. -- kori fischer gives it up -- gets it back for 2 -- south sioux edges west, 56-54. sgt bluff luton, hosting dakota valley in another border battle. 4th quarter -- sbl trying to hang on to the lead -- senior abby nissen sinks the frerethrow -- pushes the lead to 7. the warri

south sioux city starts off red hot!3) next posession the trayner to powell connection was at it again. that makes it 6-0 just like that.4) after an east timeout this is the tip drill. to perfection! powell has six points! 5) the cardinals still haven't allowed a point yet. this is kori fisher. she's good from the elbow! extends the south sioux lead.6) and then fisher steps back for three ... that's good! south sioux city was up 17-0 before allowing their first points.7) and here they are. rylie zizda with the drive and the hoop for east. she won the scholar athlete award before the game!it was a wins it 62-26. 3 (no establisher) earlier in the day woodbury central and number three pierce got together to start day two at the cnos tournament.1) to start the second half pierce up 32-25. austin freeman finds braydan waldner for the "and 1". pierce goes up 10.2) wildcats come right back. clay baldwin with the high arching shot! it's good! woodbury central trying to end a 6 game losing streak. 3) pierce is 8-2 though thanks t

sioux city currently has 34 degrees with a south wind at 16 miles per hour. local temperatures are in the 20s north and 30s south. winds are south/southeast at 10 to 20 miles per hour. wind chills are in the teens and 20s. the satellite and radar shows thickening clouds, and moisture headed our way in from southern nebraska and kansas. the stormcast hd shows clouds tonight and some drizzle or light snow late tonight and tomorrow. we have another chance for mixed precipitation thursday before a chance for light snow on friday, which appears to be an inch or less. your forecast for tonight is for drizzle/freezing drizzle and light snow. the low will be 28 early withrising temperatures. tomorrow, expepe a chance of light snow and drizzle. the high will be 36. the 7-day forecast shows mixed precipitation again thursday, then a chance of light snow friday. we could see 1". the other part of this forecast story will be the arctic air we see over the weekend. saturday ll be blustery with a high of 18, then sunday's high will only reach 7 degrees. saturday night and

heelan, hosting south sioux city, who's just 2- and-8. the crusaders - playing without leading scorer deandre burnside tonight. first quarter - check out the outlet pass from jack boever to elijah hazekamp - tosses it three- quartererof the way - hazekamp takes care of the rest - he had 16 points to lead heelan. but south sioux played with a ton of fire tonight - off the inbound play - lance denney gets an open look. then the cardinals keep it inside with kalvin warner - south sioux had a three point lead after one. but heelan would wake up - bryce reynolds kicks it out to boever - for three - bishop heelan wins at home, 52-to-41. the ridge view boys, number-10 storm lake. early on, ridge view takes control as a forced turnover leads to tyler wingert taking it in for the layup to put the raptors up two. later, the raptors continue their attack, braden n se gets open on the inbounds play, and he drains the three, ridge view up 4. but the raptors doesn't stop there, off the drive, the ball is kicked back out to else who drains another three

have in south sioux is a reflection of a leader." that leader began as a rookie patrol officer with the promoted to sergeant. but ford's longest time was years. "keeping our city safe over these last 42 years, we have a very low crime rate," said south sioux city mayor rod koch. "we have very low turnover in our police department." su since chief ford started with the south sioux city police department 42 years ago, there have been many changes, changes many say define his leadership and accomplishments. "he brought us into the electronics era," said andy backman, an investigator with the south sioux city police department. "you know i can tell you when i first started here, our reputation wasn't the best in the state. but he has brought u u to the forefront as far as our equipment, our c cs, equipment we work with." and while ford, kept the department moving forward, he made sure it always felt like family. "he was firm, but fair," said doug adams, lieutenant of investigations for the south sioux city police department. "he was will

meanwhile south sioux city grad mike gesell is arguably playing the best ball of his life. he had a career high of 25 points the last time these two teams met and just had his first double double of his career against nebraska last week. he thinks the hawkeyes won't be bothered by the atmosphere at michigan state. 3 "you know i think we have the experience now that the environment's not going to get to us. but it's a lot of fun to play there you know this is one of the reasons you sign up to play college basketball is to get to play in games like this. play in environments like that. you know its going to be a great opportunity for our team. "the spararns will have the n many say is their best player, denznz valentine was out of the lineup the last time these two teams met. but he's healthy now and gesell 3 "i think they're very different. denzel is the type of player who makes everyone around him better. he's a big part of their offense when he is playing. and you know as a player you want to go against the best players every single night. so it's going to be a good matchu

the 7th-ranked south sioux city girls taking on sioux city east. first quarter - augusta thramer at the top of the key - great look inside to carissa powell for the easy two. south sioux got out to a 17-nothing lead - kori fischer gets an open look in the paint and converts - lady cardinals running away with it. east keeps fighting - rylie zyzda - driving the lane and getting the roll - but the black raiders had a tough go of it. thramer answers on the drive - south sioux city handles their there is more great action going on at the cnos classic. that includes two ranked girls teams playing right now as sioux city west is facing unity christian. sports fource is "on the road" in downtown sioux city. ktiv's mark freund has an update. sioux city west is ranked 14th in iowa class 5a. unititchristian is ranked first in class 2a -- a a are the defending state champions. right now, unity is leading west - to -, in the -- quarter. these two teams probably would not play each other -- if the organizers of the cnos classic had not paired them up. c-n-o-s sp

tonight, heelan returned to action against south sioux city. the cardinals 2-8 this season....but they picked up a nice win over west on saturday at the cnos classic... opening quarter....thats lance denney with the bucket off the inbounds pass...south sioux takes the 6-5 lead.... a few nutes later....kalvin warner bodies his way inside for the deuce and the cards maintain that one point edge.... heelan would settle in.....elijah hazecamp sets up on the wing and bangs home the triple......he led his guys with 16 moore from distance.....crusad ers start to heat up from behind the arc.....game still knotted up at 15.... and check out this feed...bryce reynolds to a wide open jack boever and he hits it......heelan goes on to win it 52-41. big news for iowa senior mike gesell. the guard from south sioux city recorded his first career double- double against nebraska, earning him big ten player of the week honors. gesell went for 22 against the huskers, adding 10 assists. this honor is gesell's first big ten player of the week award.....iowa visits m

it's all part of a fundraiser for the south sioux city chamber of commerce. "it's fun to see everyone get into the desserts--it really is. last year we raised 11,000 dollars off the desserts and we do 15 desserts. so when you think about it that's about $800 per dessert. people really pay a lot to have it. we don't offer dessert other than that so their table doesn't buy a dessert than the table doesn't have a dessert," said lori warner, south sioux city chamber president. the chamber raised more than 91-hundred dollars off friday night's dessert auction. arguements wednesday in the case of nebraska versus parker. the case questions if pender is on lpart of the omaha indian reservation. and if reservation boundaries can be proven to have diminsihed. that case sparked this spiritual ride bewteen macy and pender today. the ride was organized by the omaha tribe. those part of this convoy traveled about 21 miles by horseback or car. "it's important to remember our spirituality and embrace it because that's who we are and that's what defines us people and indigeno

and she works at the tyson plant in south sioux city. she's also a cheerleader for the sioux city hornets basketball team.her friends reported her missing sunday after she failed to show up for work.she was found in her car... in a ditch near moville earlier today.she was taken to a hospital... there is no word on her condition. 3 3 it was an emergency call that could have been much worse for one sioux city business. 3 fire crews were called just after 1 this afternoon to the rodeway inn on zenith drive. the cause of that call was a fire on the roof of one of the hotel's buildings. 3 "once crews arrived on scene workers on scene and they had extinguished a small fire in a rooftop heating unit. "there were no injuries reported from the fire. investigators say it was a small electrical fire in that heating unit. 3 3 investigators have also determined the cause of yesterday's fire at sneaky's chicken on gordon drive in sioux city.that fire broke out in a storage shed behind the restaurant around 9- 30 yesterday morning.crews say improperly d

today, south sioux city community and school leaders met to discuss the challenges they could face if that became a reality. "south sioux city actually gets a lot of state aid, the problem is we're not putting enough money in state aid to really cover the needs of the district. so, in south sioux city school district, for example, they've seen flat numbers over the last five years and are actually expected toto see a decrease i i funding next year" says renee f f, executive director, opensky policy institute. south sioux city schools superintendent vernon fischer says their three elementary school, and all at capacity. if they don't maintain their expand, if necessary. jenna: college exam.... studying up for caucus night. tim: but unlike most college campuses, tonight caucus 101 session brought ople of all ages together..... votersrsgetting an education on the basics of caucusus night politics. "spiderman is a man of the people, he really is"... tim: spiderman and superman took the place of donald trump and monday nights morningside college campus. session hosted by the sioux city vot

playoffs. 3 3 a sioux city teen already in custody on theft charges in iowa is facing *more* charges tonight.the new charges are in connection with a string of auto burglaries in south dakota. 3 3 and tonight that story is first on fox. 3 3 19- year- old franky corral was arrested last wednesday in sioux city and charged with stealing a car and running away from police, among other charges.now... north sioux city police chief richard headid says corral 3 confessed to several car break- ins in south sioux city recently warned residents about a string of nearly two dozen car burglaries in the city.it's not known how many of those are connected to corral.police say he matches the person seen in security video from some of the burglaries. 3 3 a sioux city man is facinin charges of robbing a friend in the morningside area.20- year- old justin dahlheimer is charged with 2nd degree robbery.police say he asked a friend to meet him at a home on vine street to meet with some girls.when the friend arrived, police say dahlheimer and a black man assaulted him... stealing his wallet, money and car keys.a search of dahlheimer's cacafound the victim's coat. he's currently being hel

over to south sioux city - the cardinal guys hosting norfolk, who's ranked 5th in class a. first quarter - tanner christensen getting inside the arc - knocks down the pull-up jumper - south sioux up two early. back comes norfolk - lane mccallum - for three - 14 points, 5 assists for mccallum on the night - panthers take a 7-point lead. south sioux city still working - christstsen goes baseline - nice layup off the glass - cardinins norfolk would take a 10-point lead after the first - logan strom from distance - the panthers pull away from there - they double-up south sioux, 70-to-35. the c-n-o-s classic continued today - and a pair of great college matchups were on the docket. the briaiacliff men and women - both taking on hastings down at the tyson events center - all four teams are ranked in the top-25. on the men's side - briar cliff is ranked 6th - the broncos are 18th. hastings was looking to work it inside early - getting it to kendall ferguson - he scores down low. briar cliff, on the other hand - likes to shoot - bryan forbes from the wing - his three is good - forb

the sixth-ranked south sioux girls off to a 9-1 start.....taking on east at the cnos classic. opening minutes....augusta tramer.........collec ts the steal and cashes it in for the east two....cards strike first on the scoreboard... tramer getting it done with her vision as well.....the assist to carissa powell......precisio n passing......4-0 south sioux..... and why not keep that connection alive.....tramer to powell...this time off glass.........the cardinals rolling over at the tyson..... all scorers getting involved in this one....kori fischer....the jumper hits the mark.....south sioux started this game on a 17-0 run..... before east finally scored.....rylie zyzda........slicing and finishing......... but this one was all cardinals......tram er making it look too easy....south sioux wins big 62- 26. over to the boys action.....fourth ranked pierce looking for its ninth win of the season against woodbury central. fourth quarter....jays up nine....but here come the 'cats.....tyler walker coast to coast and he lays it in....woodbury central within seven... a few minutes lat

in south sioux city, nebraska, tiffany lane. ktiv news 4. >> when asked about what his plans are for retirement, ford says for now-- he would like to relax and unwind. a yankton south dakota man involved in an officer- related shooting in september was sentenced earlier today. 19-year-old trae angel was sentenced to 25 years at the south dakota state penitentiary. the courtroom was full of yankton police officers as well as the mother of trae angel. angel pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated and one count aggravated assault resulting in serious bodily injury. officers attempted to take angel into custody in september when police say he assaulted two people and attempted to carjack a woman at gunpoint. he later pointed a gun at the officers. the d-c-i concluded the shooting by officer jason foote was justified. officer foote spoke at the sentencing and said he had never been in fear of his and his colleagues lives until that day. an akron, iowa man has been arrested for burglary and domestic abuse. 35-year-old nathan leekle

and she works at the tyson plant in south sioux city. she's also a cheerleader for the sioux city hornets basketball team.her friends reported her missing sunday after she failed to show up for work.she was found in her car... in a ditch near moville earlier today.she was taken to a hospital to be treated for hypothermia. 3 3 some siouxland non- profit agencies are working to coordinate their efforts in the area.representatives from those groups gathered at the iowa state university extension's new building on singing hills boulevard for their biennial summit today. that meeting gives agencies an opportunity to share information about the services they provide... and work together to avoid duplicating efforts.siouxland agencies hold meetings like this every other year. 3 3 students in south sioux city learned about the dangers of 3 13- hundred high school students listened to a presentation on the dangers of cyberbullying and sexting from a lawyer specializing in education law.that presentation included discussion about some of the potent

north sioux city police chief richard headid says corral 3 confessed to several car break- ins in south dakota.authorities in north sioux city recently warned residents about a string of nearly two dozen car burglaries in the city.it's not known how many of those are connected to corral.police say he matches the person seen in security video from some of the burglaries. 3 a sioux city man is facing charges of robbing a friend in the morningside area.20- year- old justin dahlheimer is charged with 2nd degree robbery.police say he asked a friend to meet him at a home on vine street to meet with some girls.when the friend arrived, police say dahlheimer and a black man assaulted him... stealing his wallet, money and car keys.a search of dahlheimer's car found the victim's coat. he's currently being held in the woodbury county jail on 10- thousand dollars bond. 3 3 and a rock valley, iowa man in prison on drug charges.29- year- old austin mulder was convicted of possessing pseudoephedrine with intent to manufacture meth.he was sentenced monday in sioux county district court to five years in

michael beats south sioux 44-41. the undefeated dakota valley boys -- ranked third in the ap poll -- visiting #1 sioux falls christian. 1st-panthers down 2. tyler johnson drives and hits the runner to tie things up chargers couldn't miss for much of the first half. keegan van egdom for 3...he had 23....12-7 chargers after 1 2nd-johnson on the run drops a nice pass to luke boose for the all sfc from there. off a miss the chargers get running in transition....chad barkema throws it down, dv falls 73-28. the dv girls also facing sioux falls christian. early 1st quarter-christian charges in front thanks to kylee van egdom dakota valley would go on a run to get up five, but emily strasser buries a three to get the chargers within 2 dakota valley starts to heat up....peyton wingert knocks down a corner triple then sarah bohan would come up with the steal and get it to anne mccabe who finds haley hoffman for the hoop. dv wins 60-47. the bishop heelan boys have lost two of their last three games against metro teams. the crusa

sioux city... a pocket of 2-4 mostst around south kota and minnesota. even with light accumulaitons roads will be slick. again timing.. late sunday night through monday with the morning commute impacted. slick roads and blowing snow. got to 28 today. temps still steady in upper 20s for most. winds are breezy though out of the south, less breezy tomorrow. wind single digits northern border. tonight... 25 dense fog and clouds. tomorrow. 32 morning fog and stubborn cloudud then snow arrives monday with 1-2" and blustery winds. sunshine returns by the end of the week. other news... still in effect from dc to new york. look at the system, still going piling on that snow. 2nd largest snow in dc with 27".". new york is climbing their top 5 with 20" ... can you find the plane at jfk?! deborah/elisa incredible snow out east. deborah impacting millions of people this weekend. the storm ipped through parts of the south....and is now hammering parts of the mid- atlantic and northeast. several deaths are already being blamed on the weather. cnn's scott mclean (muh-c

south sioux police chief scot ford, who first donned the badge january 22 1974, was greeted by over a and officers today as he finished his last day on duty at the city/county law enforcement center in south sioux city. "we always try to maintainin this department a feeling of family and i think that's probably what's going to be the hardest to walk away from. it's like i'm losing part of my family or walking away from a part of my family." says ford. ford will appoint an interim chief, who will serve for 4 months, while the city's civil service looks for a replacement. tim: turning to politics now, donald trump is taking aim at a conservative magazine after the publication slammed the real estate tycoon in an editorial piece. "the national review" called the republican presidential front runner a "menace to american conservatism." trump firing back today y lling the the magazine has since been un- invited from sponsoring an upcoming debate by the republican national committee trump's big lead in as ted cruz finds himself on trumps heels trailing trump by just 1 per-cent in the state.

after south sioux city, ricketts headed to columbus. if you liked the warm temperature today... don't get too used to it. meteorlogist tj springer joins us with our first look at the forecast at 5. i hope everyone enjoyed our little mild stretch of weather across siouxland because it's quickly going to be erased as we move towards the weekend! a cold front is expected to drift through the region later on tonight which will set the stage for yet another arctic blast. a few flurries and a spotty snow shower or two will be possible in the overnight, along with the frontal passage. winds will pick up as we move we roll into friday in conjuction with much colder and winder conditions. wind chills will most certainly be a factor, with many spots feeling temps. below zero, so bundle up out there. as the iowa legislative session wraps up its first week, lawmakers are still processing governor terry branstad's request for more state aid to schools. sioux city's education association is advocating for raises for local teachers in their initial proposal for tbhe 2016-2017 school year. regi

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

the biker theme celebrates continued business growth and accomplishments in south sioux city. 3 "the idea is just to come out and relax and enjoy the evening. celebrate with us and really relax is the biggest key word i can stress over and over again because we all have stressful lives and this is a time to come out and enjoy."nce 1992, chamber officicis have beeee recognizing an outstanding teacher, who also receives the golden apple award and a check for 5-hundred dollars. the 20-16 golden apple award recipient was beth (coe-bull) have a great girls, need your attention. you also need a booster seat for most places. no, i came out to tell you some big news. you also came out when you wore that sweater to work today. john mayer wore this sweater in details.

fun fact ralston assistant walker is a south sioux native! and by the way south sioux loves them some kmeg! 1) my buddy john horner over there he loves hugs! augusta over a thousand in hererareer here's two more.2) then n f the steal by the cardinals haley fritza she finds mckenna simms and then carissa powell scores. ssc up 41-23 in the third quarter.3) now check this out. off the offensive board kori fisher is going to drive down low. that extends the cardinal lead. 4) and this is one of the reasons south sioux city wins a lot. you see even when they miss, they make it! look at that! perfect timing for taryn christiansen on the putback.the lady cadinals cruise in this one. 77-37.east and west locking up in their cross-town rivalry game! sweet national anthem from the chorus!1) to start the scoring madison jensen and rachel knutson-kobold work the give and go that ends in a jensen jumper.2) later in the quarter it's 8-0 wolverines katie blatchford making moves. she drives all the way to the bucket! just like that it's 10- zip.3) it was 12-0

way for us to determine whether or not the use of marijuana as a drug is safe and effective"after south sioux city... the governor took off for columbus... grand island... and hastings. 3 3 this morning... iowa's governor is thanking sioux city's superintendent for help coming up with a plan to fund state's water.we've been hearing a lot about water quality lately... the des moines waterworks is suing three northwest iowa drainage districts. it ss the districts are letting nitrates flow into the racoon river. governor branstad said superintendent paul gausman had a part in the governor's plan to extend the one - cent sales tax that funds infrastucture improvements for schools for another 20 years. it would also raise around 4 - point - 7 billion dollars for water qualititforts... too. 3 "he talked about the need for school infrastructure. but then i put together the idea address the issue of water quality... and we could do it in a way that doesn't require a tax 3 increase."the governor says provide a longerm stable source of funding for both those programs. 3 we've told you about the kids mi

the south sioux police department threw a retirement party for ford.he became chief in 1989.. and says he's ready to pass the baton. 3 "we always try and maintain in this department the feeling of family and i think that's probably what's going to be the hardest to walk away from. like i'm losing part of my family or walking away from my family."our jetske wauran was she'll have more from the chief tonight on siouxland news at ten. 3 3 nearly two dozen local businesses are teaming up with briar cliff university and the sioux city growth organization for entrepalooza 2016 next month.the 10- day event will kick off february 15th at briar cliff with a lecture from gateway computers co- founder ted waitt.the festival will include a consulting fair, entrepreneur's pitching contest and this year's innovation market. 3 "we want to bring the entrepreneurship culture to thishole community so if you start off with the kids and you follow and mentor those kids all the way up you can keep that entrepreneurship culture in this community "entrepalooza 2016 will wrap up on february 25th.all

the south sioux city police department will hold a retirement party for him tomorrow afternoon... starting at 3:30 in the city- county law enforcement center on west 29th street in south sioux. 3 3 gray?is it going to stay that way chad? 3 <> 3 3 former arkansas governor mike huckabee continued a campaign swing through northwest iowa today.huckabee held an event at the siouxland center for active generations in sioux city this morning.the former ar

we'll have coverage from south sioux and lincoln tonight on news four. the republican presidential candidates face off in the first debate of the year tonight. the debate in north charleston, south carolina is being hosted by fox business network. it will focus on economic, domestic and international policy issues. the seven candidates chosen for the main debate are donald trump, senator ted cruz, senator marco rubio, ben carson, governor chris christie, jeb bush and governor john kasich. 18 days out from the iowa caucus, hillary clinton's edge over bernie sanders has shrunk to just two percentage points in iowa. that's according to a new bloomberg/de s moines register poll released today. clinton leads sanders 42- percent to 40-percent. the poll included 503 likely caucus-goers and has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent. barack obama made his first visit as president to nebraska wednesday, one day after delivering his final state of the union address to the american people. a teacher played host to the commander in chief... in her home! kell

but the lynx find more offense -- kyle crowl drops in the 3 -- #5 abe the south sioux city boys -- trying to break a five-game losing strea,k against 3-7 sioux falls lincoln. the patriots start strong -- dillon barrow dumps it off to evan hieber for the basket, sioux falls lincoln is up four. the cardinals keep it interesting -- silas brown pulls up and makes the short jumper, south sioux leads by two. south sioux stays on the attack, denten porter drives and banks the shot in, but the cardinals still trail by three. lincoln was able to create some separation -- nolan burchill muscles his way up and gets the basket, and the patriots beat the cardinals in a close one, 47 to 45. last season, the dakota valley boys were just 7 and 14. this season, the panthers are off to the best start in school history at 11-0 -- and ranked first in south dakota's class a. dv trying to stay hot against 2 and 13 homer. dakota valley is shooting 48 here's a miss in the first quarter - but luke boose is in the right place at the right time - count the basket and the foul. later - on the break - check out this

an early morning walk turned deadly for a south sioux city man. pablito atokad drive in south sioux around 7 yesterday morning. an investigator with the nebraska state patrol says he was walking in the middle of the road and it was dark out when he was hit. the driver did cooperate with authorities who believe perea-ybarra was on his way home at the time of the accident. authorities continue to investigate. sioux city could take center stage in the battle between republican frontrunners donald trump and ted cruz. cruz has invited trump for a one-on-one debate and he says he's already reserved the location. he's chosen 8 o'clock saturday night at western iowa tech for the showdown. leaders at wit say cruz booked the rocklin conference room about a week ago, and it holds about 500 people. if trump accepts the debate invitation, they expect a full house and student say it would be exciting to see their school in the national spotlight. no word yet on if trump has agreed to the debate. some siouxland men are helping a local charity. the group is calle

it's all a fundraiser for the south sioux city chamber of c cmerce. "it's fun to see everyone get into the desserts--it really is. last year we raised 11,000 dollars off the desserts and we do 15 desserts. so when you think about it that's about $800 per dessert. people really pay a lot to have it. we don't offer dessert other than that so their table doesn't buy a dessert than the table doesn't have a dessert," said lori warner, south sioux city chamber presidede. the chamber raised more than 91-hundred dollars off tonight's dessert auction. coming our way. a look at the extreme conditions cong our way next. windchill advisory in effect for parts of northern/northeas for parts of northern/northeas tern siouxland from 3 am until noon saturday after our mild stretch of weather, we will begin to take our arctic plunge this afternoon and evening. temperatures will continue to fall as we progress throughout the rest of our friday with most towns getting close to that 0 degree mark. wind chills will also be a factor with values dropping close to 30 below z

the south sioux city girls, hosting the river cities conference championship against skutt catholic. the lady cards are tough at home - but t ra cannon and the skyhawks were trying to make a game of it - within 1 early. but defense leads to offense for south sioux - carissa powell with the block - augusta thramer with the layup at the other end. and the cardinals poured it on from there - haley fritza for three - that's easy. then powell inside - south sioux scoring in all ways - and the cardinals win the r-c-c title for the 17th time - the final, 77-35. the dakota v vley boys - 10-and-0 on the yearartaking on lawton-bronson. first play of the game for the eagles - keesten hanks - shows off l-b up two. d-v responds with a 7-0 run - then big john prochello gets the pass underneath puts it in, plus the foul - putting the panthers up 5. later - robert rosenquist - looking - creates his own shot - and gets the home bounce - that's a three ball. the panthers close the quarter on a 9-3 run - tyler johnson gets it to go at the buzzer - dakota valley stays perfect, briar cliff is celebrating

a morning walk turned deadly for a man from south sioux city, nebraska. ktiv's tiffany lane was on the scene of the accident and has the details. << this is the 1500 block of atokad drive in south sioux city, nebraska. around 7 a-m monday morning pablito perea-ybarra was walking, when the dakota county sheriff's office said he was hit by a car going in the same direction. "it would've been dark out when anyone would have hit a pedestrian in the street," said nebraska state trooper eric kloster. "the pedestrian's walking kind of in the middle of the northbound lane when he got struck. as the pedestrian got struck, he get's flung into the ditch." su "after the point of impact, authorities say the suv traveled in the direction towards me about 150 feet before the final resting point labeled next to me." "whether he breaked before he hit the pedestrian is unknown because there's no marks on the ground," "but as we progress he's applying his breaks as would anybody after they hit somebody when they're going to apply their breaks and he's going to eventually sl

tim:today south dakota moved to ban the sioux city police department from accessing south dakota driver registration information captured on speed cameras. jenna: deborah souverain joins us now with more. tim and jenna the company that operates those speed camera's have already been barred from accessing the personal information of south dakota drivers...who caught on camera in sioux city... and as of today...the sioux city police department is also getting cut off. this letter addressed to sioux city police chief doug young.... is the latest move by the state of south dakota to put the breaks on speed camera fines...levied against south dakota drivers. "this would be the first instance since the inception of the program where a state has tried to limit other states access or other municipality's access to their records to ascertain who vondrak, assist. city attorney, sioux city. speed camera's were banned in south dakota in 2014....and since then...law makers have worked to protect drivers from speed traps in neighboring areas...including those on eye-29 in sioux city. took it a step f

city west and 7th ranked south sioux city.each team entering tonights matchup with only one loss! this game was awesome!1) 4th quarter now west finally has the lead after trailing til the end of the third. this is rachel knutson kobobo putting the woverines up 48-8- with 6 and a half to go.2) the cardinals had a comeback in em! kory fisher to augusta traymer! she's got over a thousand points in her career! 3) more from the fightin' molly hornbecks this is fisher on the drive! it's good! 4) four minutes to go wolverines by 3, hailey fritza! that's would get a late steal l d a 3 bucket to send this to free throw land! cardinals take it 3 more state versus state action dakota valley crossed the river to take on sbl.1) early on the warriors had success scoring this is anna lucas cleaning up the josie clay miss! it's already 7-0 warriors.2) then it was 11-0 warriors after this lucas bucket. coach tammy lilly called a timeout and back came the panthers.3) 4th quarter haley hoffman with the strong move under the basket! its sbl

areas south of sioux city under a winter weather advisory could see anywhere from 2-4 inches while areas farther north get anywhere from a coating of the white stuff to a couple inches by the end of the day. tonight and wednesday will be snow-free before another small chance of intermittent snow showers wednesday night through thursday night. temperatures meanwhile will be much milder in the coming days with highs in the 20s and lows in the teens above zero with a mix of clouds and sunshine. we'll even get a little taste of the 30s this weekend with another slight chance of light snow on sunday. see graphics. wx timer @ :40 >> the journey of americans over. melisa raney has the latest on the prisoner swap and what's next: << it was a day of joyful reunions for the families of the men relased from an iranian prison. right now journalist jason rezaian (re-zion), former marine amir hekmati (heck-mati) and pastor saeed abedini (aah-ba-dini) are at a u-s military hospital in germany undergoing medical checks. (ali rezaian/ jason's brother) he seemed in good spirits. he's together, he really c

and he singlehandedly retakes the lead for south sioux......no hand in his face....snake makes them play.....three ball is good....but the cards drop a close one 44-41. up 1-29 in sioux falls.......top- ranked dakota valley squaring off with number two sioux falls christian.....great pre-game celebration... the panthers start us out. tyler johnson with some nifty moves to free up the runner. it bounces around and in. all tied up at two. here come the chargers. austin schreur fighting through the lane. he get the bucket and the foul. still tied after the free throw. then more johnson for dakota valley....the runner falls.....but this one was all chargers.... sioux falls christian made it look easy. chad barkema with the turnaround j! dv suffers its first loss of the season .73-28 the final. alex after losing seven straight games in the middle of the season, woodbury central has turned it around..... the wildcat boys have won three of their last four...with their lone loss in that span coming to a ranked ridge view team... w-c back in action tonight...hosting siouxland cc in the western va

sioux city west and bishop heelan have fallen out of the new iowa girls basketball rankings. the crusaders are home tonight against the number-1 team in south dakota, sioux falls washington. cedar rapids kennedy is the new number-1 team in 5a -- another new number-1 team in 3a, as pocahontas area/laurens-marathon takes over. cherokee, sioux center and spirit lake all make the top ten. unity christian stays number-1 in 2a, with 39 straight wins. western christian, who will host unity saturday, is fifth. okoboji and manson, northwest webster stay in the top ten. lawton-bronson is 13th. and in 1a, kingsley- pierson drops a spot to fifth aftetetheir first loss. newewe-fonda is sixth. westwood is 13th and mmc gets in at 10 and 0. you can see the entire poll at ktiv.com. if the ushl playoffs started today -- the musketeers would be left out. the top four teams in each conference make the postseason and sioux city is in seventh place, going into tonight's game against first place lincoln. the muskies are 15-15 and 1 at the midway point -- they just beat lincoln 6-1, eleven days ago. the western conference standings are very tight and sioux city is

morgan hansen...had herself a night...the south sioux alum hits the triple in front of the lady cards...hi carissa. but right away...lauren lehmkuhl gives it up and gets it right back as the stangs go up 27. hansen...trying to make it more respectable...she had a game high 17 to go with 6 rebounds. but bahensky and the stangs...just too much. morningside wins it big, 80-60. and in the men's game...chargers looking to protect their number 6 ranking. bcu with the early lead until blake the lane and gets the tough finish to fall...we're all knotted up. charger defense, tough early...bryan forbes pokes it away and leads the runout...he drops it off to ay harreld on the secondary

jenna: a 73-year-old was killed in a hit and run accident in south sioux city this morning. that happened at the 15-hundred block of atokad 73 year old pablito perea- ybarra (e-barra), of south sioux city was pronounced dead on the scene. the accidendt is still under investigation jenna: the texas boy-- known as the affluenza teen-- is back in the united states. ethan couch departed mexico city international airport today. he's headed to dallas... where he will face charges. couch is wanted for skipping out on his probation officers and going to mexico with his mom. he gained nationwide notoriety when he-- at the age of 16-- was giving ten years probation in a d-w-i crash that people. prosecutors are working to get couch's case moved from juvenile court... but the hearing was delayed because couch was not there. police make more arrests in the oregon standoff as the leader of government a new message.. calling on members occupying a refuge to go home. abc's elizabeth with the latest developments. protesters.. under facing one federal felony count of conspiracy.. and to those