Our state becomes for republican and Democratic Candidates alike tim no different for siouxland where republican president ial candidate dr. Ben carson is taking his campaign on a 3day swing through the area. Lukas voss caught up with him on the campaign trail thanks tim and jenna and dr. Carson had quite the trip on his schedule today including a makeup appearance in spencer after it was canceled the last time due to the winter storm. He drew large crowds both in orange city and sioux city using his chance to address siouxlanders up close and personal. Nats clapping orange city. Dr. Ben carson took time today to travel through siouxland to campaign for his bid to be the next president of the united states. He was in spencer. Before heading to storm lake onto orange city and capping of his day off in sioux city. The apperance at Northwestern College was espeally important town hall style citizens to a chance the candidate. H e was very comfortable and appreciated the interact with the it personal it wasnt like a big gymnasium something. Its also dr. Carsons favorite. It gives a closeness and people can really get a feeling for who you are and get an opportunity to actually asked some questions. Nats Christmas Carols. While singing Christmas Carols with carsons wife was also on the program. The candidate placed special importance on where he came from and what he has done in his life. Especially important because he feels the need to explain. I have to dispell the rumors and the myth that i dont know anything about anyhting except medicine which is obviously a bunch of garbage. And it seemed to have worked creating very position feedback from the crowd. I am even more of a fan now seeing him talk in person and i believed in him beforehand. And it just reaffirmed it. I am undecided i am trying to hear them all in person and i walk away. Ben carson has moved up in my mind. Siouxland is not over yet. So if youd like to see him hell head to carol. Harlan and Council Bluffs tomorrow. Reporting live in studio. Lukas voss abc9 news. Tim the Democratic National committee has suspended Bernie Sanders president ial campaign from accessing its voter database. This, after the campaign took advantage of a Software Error to access Hillary Clintons confidential voter information. The dnc database keeps the information gathered by different campaigns separated by a firewall. But the data systems vendor that runs the program dropped the firewall for a brief period wednesday, during which time the data was accessed. The Sanders Campaign will remain suspended until it provides the dnc with a full explanation of the episode and provides proof that any accesd data has been discarded. Jenna tonight, director janet phipps released her final decision on medicaid modernization. Gov. Terry communications director, ben hammes, issued a statement on the decision that was released late this evening. The final decision this evening from director phipps confirms that the department of Human Services conducted a thorough and methodical procurement. Our focus continues to be on iowa medicaid Patients Health and the providers who make their care possible. During the 60 day grace period iowa will continue building towards a march 1 kickoff for medicaid modernization. Tim the upcoming release of the accomplice of a notorious south dakota serial killer has authorities in south dakota alerting the public. Glen walker is set to be released next week. In the 1990s he received two concurrent 25 year sentences for kidnapping and attempted kidnapping after helping his friend Robert Lee Anderson kidnap and kill two women. Minnehaha county sheriff Mike Milstead says theres uncertainty about where walker will go after hes released. Theres always that uncertainty what do, once theyve served their time, and theyre released corerctions deals with that on a daily basis reduced sentence and hes due to be Christmas Eve without supervision. Jenna police are investigating a was involved in a accent earlier today according to the sioux city pd, this white van was stolen from South Sioux City nebraska morning hit another white vehicle on outer drive just across school, the suspect then fled the scene, apprehended by police, are available at this time tim yankton will again archery championships. The indoor event 2018 with the Field Championships in 2020 the world archery executive board selected yankton as host week. Announcement, the exec board said organizers showed the same presentation as was seen in yankton last world youth there. The indoor championships are set to host around 5 hundred and 50 athletes while the Field Championships will include about while the Field Championships will include about 100 fewer archers. Jenna a local man and his family have just been recognized with a big honor for their heroic actions that saved a womans life. Gary olson from jefferson south dakota and his family were awarded the medals yesterday during a ceremony in pittsburg. The olson family was given the medal for their actions back in may of 2014 when they helped save a woman from her derranged husband. Incident the husband shot at the family while he chased their north sioux city. The family was able to evade the authorities were able to arrive, likely saving the womans life. Tim soon you wont have to go to an aquarium to see big fish. Crystal clove in South Sioux City is putting a new twist on the anfibious activity. The city has installed an underwater camera, getting live footage of nine thousand trout, eight bass, and other large fish species. The cameras send the warm and comfy observaty where folks can watch on monitors. I think theres educational part of this for school kids, but not only school kids. For everyone. They should learn what kind of habitat is out here and how Different Things like that. And to be able to see it makes you appreciate it more, i think says gene director for south sioux. Maffit says with acres of a clean, healthy ecosystem, theres a lot to learn. Funded by grants and donations. The observatory should be opento the public in a month. Jenna christmas is seven days away an shoppers are out purchasing last minute gifts, but some dont know where to turn to. Jcpenny and buckles are just two stores that have customers grabbing items to gift. Both retailers say that there is something for everyone, while saving you some extra cash in the long run. Were really promoting a lot of gifts under 20, gifts under 10, and gifts under 5 dollars and were signing everything to that, everything out for the shoppers this year, said murphy. If youre out doing, well not really last minute shopping, but last week shopping. Suggestions are [to] go in and ask a sale associate specifically for help, because theyre probably going to be able to help you find it faster than you just Walking Around telling them that youre just looking, said buss. Electronics, jelwery, clothing and more are just some items that the stores say are marked down for potential christmas gifts. Stores say they are marked down for potential christmas gifts. Jenna still to come. Chris and alex will be in with highlights of 12 games from all over siouxland. Sportszone coming up after the break. fred the night ahead will be a cold one, but it will warm up this weekend. Will we see any snow . The forecast is after the break. tim fred, what are the chunk centre in downtown sioux of 31 and a low of 19. Highs over western iowa were in the 20s and lower 30s. Eastern nebraska and southeastern south dakota saw highs of only 19 in sioux falls, but 20s and 30s elsewhere. 21 is our sioux city temperature. The dew point of 11 shows dry air in place. Local temperatures are in the teens north and 20s south. Winds are northwest at 5 to 15 miles per hour. Wind chills are in the Single Digits above and below zero for most of us, with teens across the south. The satellite and radar shows quiet weather to our west, but snow to our east today. Heres a reminder to always drive slowly and carefully, even in light snow a picture from a 50 car pileup in michigan that happened in only 12 of snow. The stormcast hd shows quiet and cold weather tonight, then a warmup as we move through the weekend. Your forecast for tonight is for a low of 8 degrees under mostly clear skies. Tomorrows high will be 39 with mostly sunny skies. The 7day shows us topping 40 on sunday and again next tuesday and friday, so this christmas will be warm. And snowfree. tim thanks, fred. fred jenna tichris chris good evening everybody and welcome into this very special edition of the abc9 sportszone on National Ugly christmas sweater day. Along with alex walker, im chris palmquist. Alex we have a great slate of games on tap for you to wrap up 2015. Well check out tap for you to wrap up 2015. Well check out action from nine ranked teams in 12 games from iowa, nebraska, and south dakota. Chris tonight though well kick things off here in the metro. Last season sbl beat east in basketball for the first time ever. Tonight the warriors were trying to get back while east was over 500 while east was number six on the season. And who wore it go ahead and give east students. Jumped out to a raiders. Connor murrell, quick to 2418 warriors after 1. Nifty up and under. Sbl leads it 2926. But right away on the other end, aidan vanderloo. This kid just a freshman. He gets to the rack and cuts it to one. Then kroll, from just in front of the east bench. Money on the three. But east rallies. Tray robinson loses the handle but gets it back. Hes amped and its east getting the w, 79 71. Chris earlier on the court. The warrior and raider girls both looking to build some momentum. Great passing by sbl to break the press. Madison wegner, ends up with the layup and the warriors up 127. Then a few possessions later. Wegner, connects from the outside. Sbl up double digits. East, starts to claw back. Nice Ball Movement frees up rylie zyzda for the jumper. Then they go on a run. Brooklyn malchow with the crossover and the floater. Theyd get within six at the break. But anna lucas and sbl swat away the comeback. They win it by 20, 6343. Chris to east last time out. Hosting tee jay. A slow start. Deandre burnside. Hits the pullup triple. Thats the first points of the game 3 minutes in. Then burnside, attacks again. He scored the first nine for heelan but its only 97 saders. They buckle down. Elijah hazekamp. With the rejection on the other end. Then with under seconds to play in the quarter, hazekamp attacks and gets the friendly roll. Heelan cruises, 7344. Alex and in the girls game, the crusaders trying to bounceback from last nights loss to roosevelt. Off the opening tip. Lexi stolen finds Mckenzie Pratt and she makes it count. Heelan up early. The crusaders would force a turnover and its rhea greer spotting up for three. She hits. Crusaders up 50. They would keep it rolling. Kierrah llanos strong underneath. The hoop and the harm. Heelan a few minutes later. Carlie long finds an opening on the wing and buries the jumpe. The crusaders cruse to a 6124 victory. Alex up the road in the rushmore state. Dakota valley looking for their Third Straight win. First quarter. Britney schubert seals off her defender and finishes for two. Panthers strike first. But back comes canton. Mesa nolte crashes the glass. Hoop and the foull. Hawks crack the scoreboard. A few minutes later. Annie mccabe answers for dv. Great play in the paint. Panthers down 96. And they wold get out in transition. Peyto n wingert. And one dv pulls away in a rout. 6227 the final. Chris and in the night cap. Coach kleis and the panthers. Undefe ated on the season. In the first quarter, they first the turnover at one end and then luke boose lays it home to make it 167 good guys. Then from the mccabe splashes it home. Panthers up 2111 after one. In the second, bubba rosenquist finds his stroke. He capitalizes on the extra pass. And then it worked once so they go back to him. My man bubba had 24 tonight and the panthers win big, 8155. Still to come dear future, please help. The present is kind of a scary place. I have no money, no job, no clothes. I feel completely helpless. But i hear good things about you, future. Like ill have hair, and friends, and books and music. Season, western christian was the overwhelming favorite to win the class 2a state championship after coach jim eekhoffs squad returned every player from last years 223 team. Alex tonight they faced a tough spencer team that climbed into the class 3a rankings this week. The number 7 tigers taking on the topranked wolfpack in hull. In the first. Josh van lingen, board putback. Western on the board first. Later, western up five but Riley Maschino nails the triple to cut the lead down to 2. Van lingen answers though. The big man showing off the range. Midway through the quarter, James Mcdermott throws it up and Jake Kluender slams it home. Western goes on for the win, 6957. Slams it home. Western goes on for the win, 6957. Alex a ranked matchup in the girls game as well. Number 14 spencer and sixth ranked western. Wolfpack out to a huge lead. But spencers ally schlaeger gets it back after the pass attempt bounces off the defender and she connects. But it was all western after that. Ashtyn veerbeek slices through the defense for the easy lay in. Then veerbeek, doing work on the gets two more. Then out on the break. Erika feenstra lays it home. A statement win from western, they take it 7525. Alex the last time the unity Christian Alex the last time the unity christian girls lost a baetball game was march 8, 2014 when the knights fell to cross town rival moc floyd valley in the 3a championship. Chris since then, coach jay schuitemans squad has run off 33 wins in a row, including the 2015 class 2a crown. Tonight looking for win number 34 in a row against Gehlen Catholic opening possession. Alyss a fedders dishes it to anna kiel. Knights out to the early lead. Then kiel, this time shes the one paing. Josie blankespoor on the receiving end for two more. Gehlens jolee linden gets the jays on the board. She hits from down town. But it was all knights. Kiel out in transition for 8322. Chris back to boys action. Sioux center looking for a 60 start hosting rock valley tonight. Alex bancroft rosalie, one of the best teams in nebraska valley tonight. Alex one of the best teams in nebraska the last couple of years, taking on homer. Second quarter. Jacob zuhlke tosses a dime and Dayne Wortman capitalizes. Pant hers up 2722. Next trip down the floor for homer. Alex lundeen shows off the touch on the low block. Deficit now at four. And they would hang strong. Micheal arnold. Off balance but he hits the shot and gets fouled. That kid is fired up. But it wouldnt matter. Aaron ras with an easy two off the outlet pass. Bancroft rosalie wins it xx. Alex and in hockey. The musketeers, hosting tricity tonight at the tyson. Opening period. Game tied at one. Ellay tolvanen rings one off the pipe. Close. But no cigar. A few minutes later. Justin dixson. Creates some space on the wing and fires off a shot. But cam gornet stands talll. 33 saves for him. But it was in a losing effort. C. J. Dodero cant finish this great opportunity. Sio ux city falls in overtime 32. Chris finally for the second time in mustang has been named the naia National Player of the year. Quarterback ryan kasdorf took home the award after leading the nation with 3,953 passing yards and a 101 passer rating. He threw for 45 touchdowns and only four interceptions this season, and added 3 more scores on the ground. In his career, kasdorf passed for 10 thousand, 9 hundred 32 yards and a School Record 121 touchdowns. Record 121 touchdowns. fred of 8 degrees under mostly clear skies. Tomorrows high will be 39 with mostly sunny skies. The 7day shows us tuesday and friday, so this christmas will be warm. And snowfree. Dicky its jimmy kimmel the star wars special