Versus vehicle accidents at the level crossing between highway 77 and e street in thurston county. Today. There was another accident at that crossing. Fortunately. The driver of the car managed to get out before the train hit her vehicle. Authorities on the scene say they believe the car got stuck while crossing the tracks. And was not able to get clear before the trains arrival. 3 3 3 this weeks blizzard has taken the air out of briar cliff universitys charger dome. 3 the dome. Which used to be visable next to this building. Suffered a tear in the fabric along one side. Numerous briar cliff teams use the old golf dome for practice and even indoor games. The dome was deflated for safety reasons and to keep it from tearing more. A member of the company that built the dome will be coming to town to evaluate the situation. 3 3 two days after the blizzard, the city is still digging itself out. And some residents are losing patience. Residents along west 5th street say it took them more than 48 hours to see a plow. One homeowner told us that theyve done everything city just isnt doing its job. 3 travel has been close to impossible. Weve had our cars off the street ready for the plows to come and, like i said, its day two and no snow and no plow. County engineer mark nahra says the amount of snow received is causing issues for removal crews. 3 with the amount of snow we got, its been a challenge getting it all off the roads. white flash were a little bit behind on this one compared to where wed usually be two days after the snow quits. Sioux city police say theyve begun tagging cars parked illegally. And any that remain there by monday should definitely expect to be towed at the owners expense. 3 3 sioux city has called in some reinforcements to help deal with all the snow from our blizzard. The city has brought in 8 side dump trailers to carry the snow away. This is snow removal that was being tonight near the hard rock work in the downtown that got underway this evening. Residential areas do remain a high priority according to the city. And crews are working 12 hour shifts during the next several days to try and catch up. 3 3 a bipartisian group of capitol hill lawmakers 3 was briefed this week in a closeddoor session by top military commanders on how to groups like isis. In tonights safe and secure report. We hear from one of the 13 Senior Officers 3 behind a report from Us Led Coalition forces which says Coalition Military tactics must change. 3 nat while isis continues to spew hatred worldwide one former military commander says its time to change tactics. Colonel richard kemp was commander of British Forces in afghanistan, served in iraq, and the balkans. Kemp says to stop isis and other extremist groups from seizing more territory our worlds Coalition Leaders must make tough. Unpopular decisions sot col. Richard kemp fmr. Currently the leadership is terrified of doing anything thats likely to cause civilian casualities in these countries. Unfortunately the nature of war and the way that our enemies fight. Means its unavoidable. vo colonel kemp helped pen this 140page report published by the friends of Israel Initiative which clearly states Coalition Forces are following the laws of Armed Conflict while the enemy clearly is not among the key findings of the reportenemies like isis have the ability to exploit Communications Technology like social media to alter facts and influence thousands of potential recruits. And like all wars throughout history. Coalition leaders must realize. There will be innocent civilian casualties. Sot col kemp the islamic state, like al qaeda, like the taliban, like hamas, hezbollah. All the terrorist groups were confronting, they all use human shields. They will hide behind their civilian population. jeff barnd bridge another finding in the report airstrikes alone have never won a war. The chief solution is coalition boots on the ground and theres only one nation to lead. Sot kemp that the United States of america. Theres no other country that can do that unfortunately we have to accept the fact that there are going to be civilian casualities or we have to accept the fact were not going to beat the enemy. Kemp says hes counting on the bipartisian group of lawmakers to take his findings to the president. In washington, im jeff barnd reporting. 3 a wall street journal investigation found the personal information of about 2million iowans has been exposed. 3 a security gap on the republican partys website apparently listed names, phone numbers, birth dates and voting records of republicans, democrats and independents. A spokesman for the secretary of state said the post was accidental. It seems as though it was used for a feature on the website that allowed iowans to look up their caucus locations. 3 3 some breaking news tonight out of omaha. 3 the first two cases of the zika virus have been found in nebraska. The first is in douglas county. The other is in sarpy county. Were told both are women in the 20s who affected countries. Neither woman has had to be hospitalized. The zika virus is spread to people primarly through mosquito bites. No other details are being released. 3 3 sioux city fire rescue is hosting two programs to increase safety in siouxland. On saturday, february 13th. Firefighters at fire station number 4 on hamilton boulevard will host a safety expo. In addition to tours of fire engines and equipment. Technicians from Mercy Medical center will be on hand to provide free car seat checks to parents concerned about the fit of their childs seat. 3 3 at the same time. Crews from siouxland paramedics will be showing how to perform first aid. Paramedics will offer c p r demonstrations at the safety expo. Going over the basics of c p r. And how and when to use it. Again. Both this demonstration and the free car seat safety checks will take place next saturday, february 13th. From 10 a m until 1 p m at fire boulevard. 3 3 its a vegan diets answer to the hamburger. And its becoming increasingly popular across the country. 3 still to come tonight. The secret behind the recent success of the veggie burger. And vegan diets in general. 3 siouxland news at ten on kmeg 14 with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell and sports director chris 3 3 3 3 3 chad, diana and larry talk about todays weather and the 3 3 sticky notes. Spreadsheets. Farm . 3 well meet an iowa hog farmer with a new Computer Program designed to help you keep your farm running smoothly. Thats next. In proud to 3 theres a lot of stuff to keep track of when youre running a farming operation. But now an iowa farmer has a Computer Program he says will make that job a whole lot easier. Were heading up to derrick sleezers family farm near aurelia, iowa this morning to check out barnvista. In this weeks proud to be a hometown farmer. Any time you see a means they have the potential to run out of food for a while, and we dont want that. Those pigs need to eat a lot. President of the National Pork board should know. Derrick sleezer here. And his family. Raise about 15,000 hogs a year. But to do more efficient work on the farm. Sometimes you need to log on to a computer. It works great on a tablet, all it needs is internet access. Derricks talking about barnvista. He helped develop it. You can access it anywhere, it doesnt take any software, its all webbased with a login or password. Its kind of like a your computer. It brings together almost everything involved with the daytoday operations of a farm. Stuff you might not think about. Like maintenance. The things you might write down. Then forget about. Otherwise itll be on stickynotes, or voicemail or emails. This way its all in one area that you can continually review what is out there and what is being completed and getting done. Like maintenance. If you have some maintenance that needs to be completed on a facility or an area that you ahve the area to create a work order, that theres an action that needs to be taken, then hand it over to maintenance to get the project completed. Once those actions are done barnvista will let you know. It can help your operation get ready for audits. Too. So you can relax a little bit. Knowing everything you need is in one place. Derrick says its easy to start using barnvista. Just log on to barnvista dot com. Barnvista isnt free. You pay a subscription fee to use that might be great on proud to be a hometown farmer tell us about them you can nominate them on our web site. Siouxlandnews. Com. Or you can e mail me. At j heller at siouxland news dot com. 3 Meat Consumption is down in the us. But that doesnt mean people dont want a good burger after a generation of bad hockey puck type patties veggie burgers are having a moment. Jamie yuccas looks at the trend that even some carnivores are craving 3 ummmm yum. A veggie burger is no longer a bland gray patty masquerading as meat. Thats good. Chef Chloe Coscarelli opened by chloe last summer in new york city. Chloe yes, the menu is vegan 18 24 Chloe Coscarelli chef i think theres still a lot of work to be done making them fun and accessible every day customers are embracing the veggie trend. In just three years, vegetarian menus are up 66 percent. 31 37 jamie yuccas new york chloes vegetarian menu has clearly won over this new york opens at 11 and within minutes, its packed. It started at high end restaurants catering to foodies, but is now expanding to fast food. Even white castle and wendys now have veggie burgers on their menus mos people are definitely more mindful and open to it now. More than 35 percent of americans say they eat vegetarian meals at least once a week and more than 60 percent of americans actually like to eat their vegetables when going out. Food trend expert Michael Whiteman says its not just veggie burgers that have come a long way but peoples appetite for them. 1 101 13 Michael WhitemanBaum Whiteman restaurant consultants they were not likeable for a generation or two they were really awful things. now theyre really eating it as a matter of pleasure because its a different product. it doesnt taste like it was run over by a bus. Vegan Nicholas Anselmo agrees, true success is still all about taste. 1 241 30 Nicholas Anselmo vegan the important thing a veggie burger should do is that whole veggie bread, pickles and a side of fries. An alternative now being served up in places you never expected. Jamie yuccas, cbs news, new york. 3 food experts say it can also be Cost Effective for a restaurant to add vegetable dishes. They keep longer than fruit and can be used in other menu items. 3 were just under three days away from kickoff of the biggest super bowl yet. Super bowl 50. 3 coming up after the break. Well head out to california for a live report about a Family Friendly game ahead of this weekends big game in the 3 the road to super bowl sunday has been paved as downtown San Francisco is turned in to the nfl experience. Today a group of nfl players current and retired got to spend some quality time with their families before real competition this sunday. Sergio avila is live in San Francisco tonight with more on this celebration of fathers. 3 this mornings event was called football dads, and gives current and retired players a chance to spend some quality time with their kids 3 go deep. Oh good catch. Lorenzo alexander has been in the nfl for eight seasons. For him,thats a pretty good throw. This time on the field is most important. Especially with the men in the nfl so we can have our platform and show other men to take an active role in your childs life. Alexander was just one of several players current and retired to attend the nfls first ever football dads breakfast. A time to celebrate fatherhood, and a great touchdown. Kids touchdown 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 this all part of the nfls play 60 campaign where they encourage all young people to get outside and play for at least sixtyminutes a day. Reporting live, sergio avila. Back to you. 3 3 south obrien wants to be ranked back in the top ten in the iowa Boys Basketball polls. See if they got a big win over mmc to boost their chances. 3 and west and heelan match up in a battle of teams looking to return to prominence before regional play begins. Chris is 3 3 both heelan and west were ranked in the ighsau Girls Basketball polls early this season. Both have dropped out of those rankings since and looked to get back on track just days before regionals begin. It would be a 7th straight victory for west. 1 late first half now west is up big. Now theyre up even bigger the three by Brianna Moore is good its 3614 wolverines 2 persistence paid misses madi jensen cleans up around the rim and hits the layin. 3 back comes heelan carlie long finds grace hanno who stops and pops thats good 4 but just too much west. Spinneration from Maddy Casillas to Rachel Knutsen cobold back to jensen. West is undefeated in the missouri 7140. 3 new rankings are out and sbl sneaks in at number 15. Hosting north tonight on parents night 1 off the opening tip merrin van valzen with the drive. She gets the friendly warrior role 2 back comes north this is jayda graham with the jumper. Thats good theyre down 62. 3 sbl had it going earl though the jumper is no good but off the rebound josie clay puts it up and in. 4 then north went inside too Madison Huggins with the nice move warriors up 168. This one came down to the wire sbl wins 6160 3 152 Marcus Meriden cleghorn for their third victory. 1. In the first quarter. Mmcs ashley hurd with the jumper. Eagles up forteen to seven. 2. Late in the first quarter. Mmcs ashely hurd with the three. Eagles up seventeen to nine. 3. In the second quarter. South obrien trying to come back. Shelby schueder with the bank shot. Mmc still up eight. 4. Still in the second quarter. Rachel meehan with the nice pass to ashley hurd for the layup. Eagles up twentyseven to fifteen and mmc would go on to beat south obrien fiftyfour to thirtyseven. 3 senior night at south obrien. They were hosting mmc as well. 1. Pick up action in the first quarter. Kyle paulson misses the layup but Garrett Wagner grabs the rebound and gets the putback. Wolverines up four early. 2. Moments later. South obriens paulson with the good d and keeps it himself. Wolverines up six. 3. Later in the the layup but gets his own rebound and putback. Wolverines up nine. 4. Later in the first. Mmc trying to keep it close. Jacob spieler with the rebound and putback. Hed get fouled and make the free throw. South obrien up seventeen to five. They would lead twentyeight to ten after the first period and would cruise to the easy eightyseven to thirtyeight win over Marcus Meriden cleghorn. South obrien boys win 8738 3 the Indoor League champion sioux city bandits signed six players today. Defensive back richard daniel, former defensive player of the year and wayne state standout as well as left tackle arthur doakes who will protect the quarterbacks blind side. Multi Record Holding receiver Frederick Bruno is back for a 6th year with the team. They also signed a wide receiver, a defensive back and quarterback aj graham, which is especially needed knowing mvp Charles Dowdell is not returning. Head coach erv strohbeen is excited about the group. 3 i definitely think aj graham has the credentials to step in and take Charles Dowdells spot. 2009 mr. Football award in florida is a big feat. Theres a lot of recruits coming out of that state every year. So to be mr. Football in something to say. Some of the other guys i guess, i was talking earlier, you have Frederick Bruno returning and we have a guy that we just signed ricky roberts, and to put him in the lineup as Frederick Bruno gives us just another weapon. 3 several area athletes signed with College Teams today in signing events throughout siouxland. Sioux centers ko kieft signed to play tight end at minnesota. Hintons burke prins will walk on as a lineman for iowa. Heelans brandon hohenstine and jake long were among 7 heelan seniors in football and soccer to sign with teams. For each athlete today was a special day to reflect on what it took to get here. 3 i guess iowa state was recruiting me pretty hard. Paul rhoads and his staff were and then with their firing theres not a whole lot you can do about it. It is what it is. Minnesota was kind of there with me the whole time i think it just shows all the work i put in and me trying to be the best i can be. Ive always been a hawkeye fan so its really cool to finally be able to sign to be able to play there. Im really pumped. Im just glad theyre giving me a chance to join their program and show them what i can do. Oh it means a lot. You know, like you said just working hard and not being born with the most talent in the world. And hard work pays off and this pays off so. Hohenstein i thnk theyre going to use me as a hybrid tight end so kind of like what Cethan Carter does. Thats what i played this year and thats what i feel like i can excell at. 3 3 3 3