Police tried to help the Iowa Department of Human Services enforce a court order to remove the 3 year old and 1 year old girls from the home. So their well evaluated. 3 the children werent there, and no members of the family would cooperate. This morning banks was jailed fororcontempt of court. 3 a search of the grandmothers home resulted in her arrest for conspiring to send the children out of state. An alert was sent out advising the childrens lives may be in danger. Just after 6 tonight. Storm lake Police Confirmed the girls have been found safe. Banks isiseing heldldithout bond. Pamons bond is set at 20 thousand dollars. 3 3 the cost of getting caught by one of those red light or speed cameras in sioux city may be going down. The cameras have been at the center of various lawsuits over their legality. Tonight the Council Agreed to amend its contract w wh the owner of the cameras. A Company Called redflex traffic systems. The change allows the city or red flex to provide a 90 day notice that the contract is ending. And. Consider lowering the fines from 168 dollars to a flat 100 dollars. 3 speeding is down some 38 to 39 percent from where it was, before the speed cameras were installed. Additionally we believe that the redlight cameras provide drivers with an insentive to a complete stop. As farars the long term future of the cameras . . . Earlier this year the Iowa Supreme Court turned back a challenge that that they were unconstitutional. But several other lawsuits remain in the courts. 3 3 sioux citys school board is moving forward with plans to build a New Elementary School on the citys northside. A replacemenen building for bryant Elementary School was the subject of a special hearing this evening. The board ultimately voted to approve nearly 4 Million Dollars worth of projects related to the construction. Part of the project includes a 1. 2 Million Dollar reimbursement from the city of oux city for work done to 31st, jones and jennings streets during construction. Tonights approval means the district can now solicit bids 3 a siouxland tribe is laying out more of its plans for a couple of major developments in south sioux city, nebraska. 3 today at the cardinal conference center. The ceo of hochunk, incorporated. Lance morgan. Hilighted plans for the 75 Million Dollar flatwater crossing. The master, planned community will be built along the missouri river. Its designed to be a walkable, urban neighborhood with a network of trails. Greenspaces. And river views. Morgan says it will have a mix of apartments. Townhomes. St andard homes. And a Village Center for a restaurant and office space. They hope to start work this spring on the project which could take 10 years to complete. Morgan also says there are plans to develop the former atokad park race track. The tribe wants to turn it into a casino. And hessrging neneaskans to sign three petitions that would ultimately allow residents to approve almost all forms of gambling in the state. 3 3 investigators in denison are still trying to determine the cause of a fatal fire this weekend. Crews first responded 15 hundred d ock of 1st avenue north in denison just after 6 30 saturday morning. They rescued two people from the home. 52 year old craig streck and 37 year old wendy waldemar. Waldemar later died of her injuries at Crawford County memorial hospital. Investigators from the e Denison Police department, the Denison Fire Department and the Iowa State Fire Marshals Office are trying to figure out what started it. 3 3 a victim of vandalism in morningside early this morning is asking the public to help identify culprit. Police say sometime between 11 30 last night and 8 15 this morning. Somebody shot out the back window of this car in the 2 thousand block of south lemon street. The owner says her vehicle has been egged and broken into before. But never damaged this badly. Police say the window was shot out by a bb or pellet gun. Or a. 22. Theyre investigating this as criminal mischief. And they do have Surveillance Video of the attack. Theyre asking anyone with informationo give them a call and help 3 the u s postal serviceand this year its even busier here in sioux city. Postmastetemarcususschultze says people are sending more packages. With a 20 percent increase in package shipments. He says to make the process of shipping presents easier for everyone. Theres a few things you should do before coming to the post office. 3 try to have your packages already prepared before you get here. Have the to and the from information on it so its legible and its ready to go. We have a lot of the packing supplies here but if you have everything ready to go before you get here then you only have to stand in line once schultze recommends addressing your packaka by using black lettering in all capital letters. And most importantly you should know when you want your package to arrive. 3 afternoon which will make the switch to snow by tomorrow night. Light snow will continue to fall into wednesday morning and then might melt a bit into a rain snow mix for a couple hours. Thursday looks dry with temperatates in t t 20s and mostly cloudy skies. Warming will start to take affect this weekend starting on saturday. 3 3 a sioux City Hospital is doing what it can to protect people from the elements this winter. Mercy Medical Center has set up a hat and mitten tree in the lobby of its downtown hospital. Anyone in need of a warm winter hat or a pair of mittens can come in and take some from the tree. No questions asked. 3 we feel that its a way to give to the community and have a lot of people that walk through tt skywalk here in the downtown area, a lot of people are coming in here. A lot of people see them. I think its perfectly located downtown for people to come and pick it upmercy is also a drop off location for siouxland news 2015 coats for kids campaign. You can drop of a new or gently used winter coat for kids in need here in siouxland. 3 3 3 president obama says the fight against isis continues to move forward with urgency. He adds the u s s hitting the error group harder than ever. With more than 9 thousand bombs dropped on isis targets in november. The president s comments came after a briefing at the pentagon this morning. He says that americas efforts to show isis for what they truly are are working. 3 more peoeoe are seseng isil fofothe thugs and the thieves and the killers that they are. Weve seen instances of isil fighters defecting, others who have tried to escape have been brutality and extortion continues to repel local populations and help fuel the refugee crisis. 3 he adds that while some members of the anti Isis Coalition have increased their efforts against the group. Others need to step up their contributions as well. 3 the department of Homeland Security is coming under intense criticism tonight for pulling the plug on two federal programs setup to track terrorists on american soilas our National CorrespondentKristine Frazao reports. Two former employees with dhs have stipped forward in recent days to express concern about the governments approach to fighting terrorism. 3 [sot philip haney former dhs employee]we hear of the see something, Say Something and i did Say Something. Inin012, phphip haney was a highly specialized Counter Terrorism expert within the department of Homeland Security. Haney says after he connected dots to a fundamentalist Islamic Group in california he told his bosses at dhs. California terrorist syed farook would go o oto have had on his radar years earlier. [haney]they closed the case down because of civil rights and Civil Liberties. Haney says his findings could have potentially put farook on a no fly list and the visa farooks wife, Tashfeen Malik was given to come to the u. S. In 2014 could have been denied had dhs and the u. S. Department of justice not pulled the plug on haneys investigation. The department of Homeland Security responded to haneys allegations with this statement saying in part the office for civil rights, civiviliberties reviews allegations of civil Rights Violations and makes policy recommendations to ensure the department upholds the constitution and our laws. Dhs added personnel are not permitted to independently create terrorist related lookouts in a database. But haney is not the only one going public in recent days to talk about questionabte federal policies. John cohen, a former acting under secretary at dhs told abc immigration experts from reviewing social media messages of all foreigners applying for u. S. Visas. Preventing experts from seeking out maliks online messages in support of terror groups. Cohen told abc it was primarily a question of optics. There were concerns from a privacy and Civil Liberties perspective. Clifford may is with the foundation for defense of democracies. [sot clifford may foundation for the defefse of d docracies]we are being very p pitically correct and we are sacraficing the ability to learn about people coming to this country because of that kind of reticencein Clifford Mays mind, theres little doubt Islamist Groups will continue to exploit weaknesses in americas policies. Im Kristine Frazao reporting. 3 the holiday seas is a time for family. But even family can spoil the season in sinister ways. Still to come in tonights healthwatch. Weve got advice on how to prevent child abuse this holiday season. 3 siouxland news at ten on kmeg castillo, siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell and sports director chris 3 3 3 kayla ananlarrrrtalk about todays weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 flood warnings along Little Sioux River at linn grove and spencer and in sac and Crawford County. Mostly cloudy night as we get a break from the rain and temperatures drop will start cloudy but we will see a wintry mix by the afternoon which will make the switch to snow by tomorrow night. Light snow will continue to fall into wednesday morning and then might melt a bit into a rain snow w mix for r couple hours. Thursday looks dry with temperatures in the 20s and mostly cloudy skies. Warming will start to take affect this 3 another one of siouxlands most wanted is back behind bars. But marshals need your help tracking down another fugitive. Thats coming up 3 s most wanted. 3 tonight u s marshals need your help finding a fugitive whos wantnt for drug crimes. This comes as last weeks featured fugitive is back behind bars. Levi shuck was featured last week on most wanted. Wanted by the Iowa Department of corrections for violating his parole on theft and Sexual Assault convictions. He was arrested wednesday night by members s the northwhwt iowawa North Central iowa town of renwick. Thanks to tips from most wanted viewers. His arrest makes him capture 418 since most wanted began. On to new business tonight. Michael kaufman is wanted by the Woodbury CountySheriffs Office for distribution of marijuana to a minor and possession of marijuana. Kaufman is 25 years old, 3 6 feet 2 inches tall, and weighs 210 pounds. He has a heart shaped tattoo on his right forearm, and a tattoo of the state of texas with the number 13 on his left wrist. His last known address was in the morningside area of sioux city. If you have any information about michael kaufman. Please call the U S Marshal Service in sioux city at 712 2520211. Or send marshals an email at siouxlands dot most wanted at u s d o j dot gov. You can also use the marshals text a tip program. To text a tip, text the keyword t e n all in uppercase 9 9 and your tip to tip411 847 411 . Remember. The information confidential and could put this fugitive behind bars. 3 the holidays are supposed to be a time of celebration. But they can have hidden dangers for kids. Coming up after the break in tonights healthwatch. Weve got advice on how to prevent child abuse this 3 a child advocate to get some tips on how to keep your child safe. 3 90 percrct of the time. A child knows their abuser. Amy scarmon from Mercy Child Advocacy Center knows this is hard to understand. So. You know we dont like to think about family members being the ones who abuse kids, most of the time people tend to think its strangers. But it is really important to teach your fhildren that even people they know love and trust can do things to harm them and how to prevent that. One thing parents can do is teach their children about their body parts as soon as they become verbal. So its fine to you know to give c ce names to body parts but its really a lot better if you teach them what body parts actually are, so that if they go to some body and Say Something is happening to me, other people understand what they mean. Parents should also tell their kids what parts are private, so they know where they should not be touched. O telling your kiki that matter what they tell you even if they think you will be upset or mad come and talk about it. Children also shouldnt be left alone with just one adult or older child. I think it is also really important that you if your child looks like at a fafaly gathering. They are a little uncomfortable with uncle so and sos tickling or giving grandma a kiss on the cheek. And they dont want to do it. That you dont push it that you just allow them to say no and if they are having a hard time being able to say no then you back them up. So remember to encourage your childs fety and voice through communication and support. Kayla novak siouxland news. 3 healthwatch is brought to you by dunes Surgical Hospital in association with mercy Medical Center. 3 3 the new Associated PressHigh School Boys basketball rankings are out in the state of iowa. And 8 siouxland teams make the list6 3 and akronwestfield and elk Point Jefferson get together in an iowa, south dakota battle of two teams with only one loss between them. Chris 3 3 3 elk Point Jeffersons Boys Basketball team is in game three of the yoyong season, having gone 11. For Akron Westfield quickstats says theyve started the season 12. But we should probably all give them a pass since several of their key players were tied up in late november thanks to the state finals run they made in football. Early on it was a defensive struggle in this one. Both teams having trouble finding the net. 1 First Quarter now the pass is s tipped but thats no problem for wyat heyl he finds the basket. 2 back come the huskies setting robinson finds Michael Murphey cutting. Hes got reservations for r o. Its 42 elk point fferson. 3 then cal eskra the record setting quarterback finds Austin Allard another one of the standout weapons on that Football Team weve seen that combo work before. 4 then more from the huskies. Murphey driving with the left switches hands for the sweet hoop. Epj up 2. 5 next offensive posession you know what they say about the big man. Youve gotta feed him Alex Grasshoff puts it in. 6 epj was playing defense too. Preston colbaum got the crowd going with that block. The huskies started to pull away. They go on to wiwi 7743. 3 Girls Basketball now the epj ladies are 40 taking on the westerners who are 31 in a bar burner of a matchup 1 first half now the huskies are trying to extend their lead. Working the ball around and finding josie heeran whos good for two huskies take a 2511 lead in the second quarter. 2 back comes Akron Westfield. Breaking the huskies press. Leads to an 3 to the second half now persistence paying off for karlee shatswell. Her putback is good. Epj up by 17. 4 westerners not giving up. Good Ball Movement there eventually leads to the bailey davis putback akronwestfield trying to close it to double digits. 5 but then shatswell finds a cutting morgan flynn. She puts it in epj starting to pull away. 6 and then in the Fourth Quarter more hustle from the huskies. Mackenzie mennenga with board and the bucket. Huskies win 5538. 3 1. End of the second quarter. Hartington Cedar Catholic on the break and Taylor Lammers with the layup. Lady trojans up twentysix to eighteen. 2. In the Third Quarter. Norfolk catholics Hailey Lammers with the drive and the jumper. Lady knights trail the lady trojans twentyeight to twenty. 3. Norfolk catholic running and Alex Anderson with the three. Norfolk catholic eieit. 4. Still in the third. Hartington ccs Emily Feilmeier with the basket. Lady trojans up thirty to twentyfive5. Norfolk catholics megan leise with the layup. Norfolk catholic up thirtytwo to twentyfive and. Hartingtgt c c goes on to win 4842. 3 nebraska Girls Basketball. Har tington newcastle versus Emerson Hubbard. 1. Pick up action in the Third Quarter and emersonhubbards payton blankie scores on the give and go with shelby utech up forty to sixteen over hartington newcastle she d 16. 2. Still in the third. Pirates on the break and abby drilling scores for Emerson Hubbard she had 20. Pirates up fortytwo to sixteen3. Then blankie scores again on a give and go. This time with kylie belt. Pirates up fortyfour to sixteen. 4. Pirates on the break. Drilling scores with the layup high off the glass. Emerson hubbard up fortysix to sixteen. 5. In the fourth three. Pirates up fortynine to seventeen at this point and they go on to win 5722. 33 more Girls Basketballllscores. Kingsleypierson over altaaurelia 7747 47on the boys side Emerson Hubbard falls to hartington newcastle 6454. Kingsley pierson falls to alta aurelia 7463. The new iowawaHigh School Boys basketball rankings are out and here is where we stand in siouxland there are no teams in 4a. But there are three in 3a. Starting with Bishop Heelan coming in at number 5 with a record of 3 1. Spencer is n nt at number 7 with a record of 40. Mocfloyd valley comes it at number 9 at 41. Sergeant bluff luton also received votes. In class 2a western christian is number one at 20. Sioux center comes in at votes. In 1a boyden hull is number 3 at 31. 0. 3 and south obrien is number 9 at 40. Gtra, Hartley Melvin Sanborn and central lyon also received votes. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 flood warnings along Little Sioux River at linn grove and spencer and in sac and Crawford County. Mostly cloudy night as we get a break from the rain and temperatures drop into the lower 30s. Siouxland news at sunrise