Dr. Paul gausman, superintendent of Sioux City CommunitySchools School officia notified parents of the incident. Through an automated phone call. Around 6 pm monday evening. Some parents were upset they werent made aware of the situation earlier. However, we spoke with one parent who said she agreed with the schools decision to continue the school day. People do things anywhere you go, malls, theaters, people can do things so its no different than at a school, said allision sexton. I think the staff acted as quickly and safely as they could to prevent something from happening because things are going to happen in society today. The student t o brought the unloaded weapon to school is now suspended. Until the School District completes an investigation on the issue. Which could last up to 45 days. According to the districts policy, the student could face explusion from the school for one year. Dr. Gauzman says, its not clear why the student brought the gun to school. Dr. Gausman on the matter. Reporting live in studio Deborah Souverain abc 9 news. Tim the Iowa Legislature reconviened on monday. Today governor branstand took center stage sharing his hopes for 2016 in his annual condition of the state address. Amanda krenz brings us the details on how this may shape the legislative agenda. Amanda 48 21 the Iowa Legislature will face a lot of challenges this session, specifically the governor talked aobut the budget. But there are also some big issues that seem to have bipartisan support. nats of gov walking in. the longest serving govenor in u. S. History, once again entered house chambers to deliver his 22nd condition of the state. 11 20 its a tight budget, will keep iowa stable. Its s balanced today and fits our 5 year projections. Governor branstad got right to business talking about the budget saying most of the states money should go`to education and medicaid. The newly sworn in speaker of the house, and first ever woman to hold the office in iowa agreed that it will be another tight budget year because state revenue isnt as high as many thought it would be. But she said there was a Silver Lining to the governors upmeyer 46 05 there werwe some things that appear to me to have a lot of bipartisan support so thats a great thing to see. One e ample of that bipartisan support came after the governor talked about the states need to address equality within the criminal justice system. Governor 29 27 in many cases, tax dollars may be better spent on rehabilitation than incarceration. Ako 40 42 African Americans are 33 of the population in the state. 27 in the penitentiary. We have to address that. One item that could be more divisive is the governors plan to help Fund Improvements in the states Water Quality by diverting some money that is currently used for school infastructure needs. Governor 15 26 this is a monumental investment in education and water qulaity and it does it without raising taxes. Pam jochum 39 11 if were going down that pathway were doing to be changing some laws im not sure we want to renig on a promise we made to voters when they cast that originin vote. Will deliver his final state of Union Address tonight. The president is looking to tackle several key issues including gun control and the future of guantanamo bay, in his last year as president. That address is set to take place 8 oclock tonight. You can watch it here on abc 9. Or through our website. Siouxland mattersdotcom tim one democrat looking to succeed president obama is getting some encouraging news from the latest Quinnipiac University poll released this morning. Tim vermont senator Bernie Sanders wins support from 49 percent, of likely iowa Democrat Hillary Clinton pulled in 44 percent support. Former marland governor Martin Omalley continues to receive single didget s sport in iowa. Jenna on the gop side of the race, jeb bush was back campaigning in iowa today. Bush was in coralville early this morning for a meet and greet with voters when asked about the gop leader, donald trump, bush didnt hold back. You know, this is, hes not a serious person. Hes a master at consuming the news and having people ask, you know, about him for sure and hes great at disparaging people of all types, but were electing a president t the united states. Jennnn bush also made stops in grinnell and ankeny. Tomorrow he will be in urbandale to wrap up his two day stint in iowa. Tim the state medical examiner has confirmed the identity of a person whos remains were discovered last week in a burned out home in breda iowa. Thats in carroll county. According to the sac county sheriffs office, 48yearold identified through dental records. The home completly burned to the ground. The cause of death is listed as smoke inhalation and burn injuries. Foul play is not suspected but the cause of the fire still is not known. Jenna one day after fire closed sneakys chicken in sioux city, renovations are underway. Tim owner dave ferris says he wants to have the gordon drive restraunt back open as soon as possible. Our bria bell has more on whats ahead for the popular eattery. Bria tim and jenna, dave ferri the owner of sneakys chchken wants his stomers to know that theyre nonogoing anywhere. He says theyve been at the gordon location since 79 and since the good lord didnt burn the building down, theyre just going to restart up. The business will through its and plans to be providing chicken by this weekend its mobile vehicles. Dave guesses the total cost of the rennovations will well exceed over a hundred but he says nothing will might sound a little cliche. The four of us t tt were in here when the fire started got out safe, the rest is details. We have a great staff, were working with some good people. Ive got 10 people that work for almost 15 years or more. No, i dont think theres anyting that we cant conquer, said ferris. The entire back end of the buidling was completly burned and investigators have determined that the fire was started by improper disposal of a cigartette. In the meantime dave and his team will be working hard to reopen the doors of sneakys chicken. Were private business man, gotta get openen weve got house payments, theres seven house payments that get made out of this little place so. Well be going. I cant set a time on it yet. Id like to see us going by early february, said ferris. All restuarant items will be sent to a bria facility to be cleaned from smoke damage. Reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. Jenna weve been experiencing. Can be downright dangerous. S. Especially if f u dodot have a warm place to go. Frostbite caca occur in just 30 minutes outside in temperatures or wind chills at 15 below 0. Babies, the elderly, and anyone with other Health Concerns are at greater risk. For that reason, local homeless shelters take this time of year especially seriously. With the wind chill factor and things like that, we just kind of keep it open so that individuals can come in, because we dont really want people to be outside in the cold says dayle webbs, director, mens ministries at Gospel Missions. Jenna the Gospel Mission of sioux city also helps provide hatsts gloves, and scarves to those who come in. Mercy medical opens up their cafeteria as a refuge from the cold when temperatures dip below ten degrees. Tim after a slow start, the flu season is striking big time in iowa. According to the Iowa Department of public health, there have been four flurelated deaths since november of 2015. Iowa has three strains going around. N1 that was really serious in 2009. Schoolaged kids are more prone to that strain. Healthfficials are warning anyone who hasnt got their flu shot to do so because it should make a difference. Patricia quinlisk medical director, Iowa Health Department it could be a pretty bad year because two of the strains could cause pretty serious illness. The good news is the vaccine seems to be a good match for the strains, unlike last year where it wasnt as good for one of the strains tim the flu season generally peaks in januararor february. Jenna a local non profit was spreading some good will and warmth during these cold times thank you . Your welcome. Member of Quota International of sioux city gave out hats and mittens to students at hunt elementary today. It was possible thanks to a grant given to the club by midamerican energy. All of the items donated and distributed were bought locally and representatives of quota say theyre thankful to be helping yeah it gave us a really goooofeeling, the kids are so appreciative. I got a little thank you, hugs and smiles and many many thank yous. Says Club President deb erwin. Over 300 hats and mittens were over 300 hats and mittens were handed out today. Quota international is dedicated to helping women children the deaf and speech impaired in local communities. Coming up after the break. Powerball sales are ahead of the billion dollar drawing. More reaction to powerball mania. fred it wont be as cold tonight, and tomorrow will be a treat with w wmer tempmpates moving in. But another round of cold air is coming for the upcoming weekend. Your forecast is after the break fred hexom company skycam hd shows that we had alternating periods of partly to mostly cloudy skies today. The high today was 13 and the low 1. Highs over western iowa were in the Single Digits for the most part. Eastern nebraska and southeastern south dakota saw highs in the teens and 20s. 10 the dew point is low 1 showing dry air, we are actually going to warm slowly through the night as a warm front lifts through local temperatures are 0 in estherville and Single Digits and teens elsewhere. Winds are south and west at 5 to 10 miles per hour, producing wind chills of 14 in estherville and Single Digits and teens above and below zero elsewhere. If we look at midwest temperatures, we can see warm air parked not far to our southwest. North platte has 46 the warm front separating our cold air and those mild conditions will move through siouxland tonight, resulting in a much warmer day tomorrow. There is a band of clouds along this warm front, and the clouds will remain overnight for the most part, but no snow is expected. The stormcast hd shows the warm front moving through tonight. Tomorrow will be much warmer, and thursday also looks nice, but a cold blast cooldown that will last through the weekend and into early next week. Your forecast for early low of 10, then rising temperatures skies. Tomorrow, look for partly cloudy skies and a much warmer high of 35. The 7day forecast shows 37 on thursday, then breezy and 28 friday. Highs over the weekend and early next week are in the Single Digits and teens, with lows below zero. On this day in 1912, the coldest temperature ever recorded in sioux city was seen35 tonights ask fred prize is 4 tickets to king of the cage at winnavegas to enter, email fhexom kcautv. C om or enter on our abc9 News Facebook page. Jenna tim fred tim thanks, fred. Still to come. Feeling powerball fever. Ticket sales are ahead of the jackpot has been raised again. The prize currently set a world record for 1 point five billion dollars. Jenna ticket sales are going strong and continue to go up along with the jackpot. Many people are anxious and wondering about what they might do if they actually got lucky enough to win. Well im pretty excited ababt the prospectctf winning it i dont think i will but i wont knowunless i try right nats would you like your reciept i think anybody has a shot at it that buys a ticket i think itd be fun but i just want it to be someone who uses it wisely nats youre a winner woo whoo i think my chances are slim to none but you dont know if you dont buy one and id hate to think i have some numbers that might have worked and i didnt buy one so what the heck i wanna do 5 picks all on seperate tickets and one of them that one odds are minimal probably not going to happen but its over a billion dollars so you gotta give it a shot i dont think its ever been this high before i think a lot of people are really excited about it but i just hope it goes it coming up in sports. Five musketeers are in omaha tonight, showing off for nhl scouts. Well have the details up ahead. Plus. Iowa returns to action this week with a tough road test at michigan state. Find out w w the hawkeyes think they can snap a long losing skidat the breslin the iowa hawkeyes, its tough to go on a bye. But after 9 days off, they finally return to action thursday night at the number four team in the country, michigan state. The hawkeyes of course knocked off the spartans a couple of weeks ago at Carver Hawkeye arena when msu was ranked first in the nation. But winning atathe Breslin Center has been achallenge for iowa. Michigan state is 4317 all time against the hawkeyes in east Breslin Center. The last time iowa won there was january 28. 1993. 8 months before mike gesell or Adam Woodbury was born. Its a lot of fun to play there. This is one of the reasons you sign up to play College Basketball because you get to play in games like this. Its going to be a great opportunity for our team. To be able to win there, its special. Its like winnini in an unbelievable arena, its tough to play ere, the crowd is always into it, theyey feed of our fans, and they are just a tough team in general. Tip off is at 6 oclock thursday on espn. That game, of course a big one in the conference standings. Iowa one of three undefeated teams in the big ten, half a game behind maryland and indiana. Nebraska is 11th in the 14 team league at 13. Straight year the best players in the ushl will compete in the ushl nhl top prospects game. The Event Features 40 of the best draft eligible players in the league, five of them from the musketeers. The three forwards from sioux city, cj dodero, jackson keane, and matt steeves are actually on a line together tonigig for team west. Defenseman Michael Boyle is on the first defensive pairing and jake ryczek is in the second group. Those five skaters will hope to add to the 46 players from this game over the last 3 years that have been drafted heres a look at the stats the five musketeers have put up so far this season. Boyle is a b prospect according to nhl central scouting, thats a 2nd or 3rd round prospect. The other four have c grades, meaning a fourth to sixth round prospect. Chris for the fourth time in the last seven years, alabama is on top of the College Football world. The crimson tide erupted for 24 points in the fourth quarter, and beat previously the play of the game came with 10 minutes left when alabama caught the tigers off guard with an onside kick. 2 plays later they scored their 10th point in 41 seconds to take the lead for good. The title is the fifth of nick sabans career. With College Football officially wrapping up, the ap released its final poll last night. Clemson, stanford, ohio state, and oklahoma round out the top five behind bama and iowa finishes 9th in the final poll. Thats the hawkeyes fifth time finishing in the top ten under kirk ferentz. Todays picture comes from. Yumi from alta. She took this picture of sundogs early sunday morning. If youre like to submit a facebook fan photo, just abc9 facebook page. Jenna tim chris fred fred your forecast for tonight is for an rly low of 10, then rising temperatures under mostly cloudy skies. Tomorrow, look for partly cloudy skies and a a much warmer high of 35. The 7day forecast shows 37 on thursday, then breezy and 28 friday. Highs over the weekend and early next week are in the Single Digits and teens, with lows below zero. On this day in 1912, the coldest temperature ever recorded in sioux city was seen35 tonights ask fred prize is 4 tickets to king of the cage at winnavegas to enter, email fhexom kcautv. C om or enter on our abc9 News Facebook page