Again. Bob scott was reelected in november after running unopposed for a second four year term. He renewed his oath of office this morning at city hall. Along with second term Council Member rhonda capron. Mayor scott says he has big plans for the city during the next four years. 3 continue the trails. I want to continue taking a look at the whole river front and seeing what we can do there. I think that is wha will attract business to thths comunity. Obviously y whole career haha been working on economic develpoment and im going to continue doing that. That work began this afternoon. When the council gathered for their first meeting of the year. 3 at that meeting. The council deciding the future of the citys five swimming pools and a new, four Million Dollar park. The council will consider osing leeds and cook pools after the 2016 season and replace them with splash pads in 2017. Leif erikson pool would remain open until it can no longer hold water. Then it would be replaced with a northside pool. The council will also vote on whether to go ahead with the initial plans to build the nenefour Million Dollar cone park near the ibp ice center in morningside. The park would eventually include a new Aquatics Center that would replace the lewis pool. 3 theyve already been arrested once for breaking into cars. Now three sioux city teens same thing again. Marcos guthridge, Kelley Kuester and Wiley Spencer were arrested jususbefore 2 oclock this morning. After a homeowner in the 36 hundred block of dupont street on the northside called police to report three people were breaking into vehicles. Officers chased down the suspects. They are all charged with 2 counts of 3rd degree burglary. Kuester and spencer are also charged with possession of burglary tools and interference with officicl actsts 3 3 the trees were gorgeous today. But it sure would be nice to see the sun again chad. 3 tomorrow, but temperatures should be a touch warmer as we should reach the lower 30s. Wednesday will see a slight chance for light snow during the daytime with a high of 34. Our next big system starts moving in thursday evening. Overnight thursday will see a wintry mix until the Early Morning hours of friday where it will switch to all snow by friday midmorning and last until early saturday. Latest model trends indicate 34 are possible friday, but its early. So stay tunun 3 another republican president iti candidate isis planning a trip to siouxland this week. Kentucky senator rand sioux city thursday afternoon. They will be at the Wilbur Aalfs Library starting at 1 oclock for a stand with rand meet and greet event. After the sioux city stop. Theyll head to carroll for another event thursday afternoon at 4. 3 3 before senator pauls visit. Siouxland will welcome the leading candndates from both the democrats and republicans tomorrow. Demomoatic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has an event planned for tomorrow afternoon at the orpheum theatre. That event is set to get underway at 2 15. 3 3 and tomorrow night in sioux center. Republican candidate and texas senator ted cruz has an event planned at dordt college. Cruz will speak at the de yager Center Starting at 6 oclock tomorrow. The dordt appearance follows a full day of campmpgning. With stops in onawa an cherokee in northwest iowa. 3 iowa lawmakers have another week before they head back to work at the statehouse. Reporter Marcus Mcintosh spoke with members of both houses to find out what they want to accomplish this year. 3 the january 11th start to the somemelalaakers excited. [sot state sen. Bruce hunter] seeing friends from both side of the aisle. Relaizing the responsibility that you have and the building you are in you wind up getting goose bumps. But that cant last long because legislators say they have a lot of work ahead of them in 2016. Work that starts with issues either unresolved or lingering from the previous session. [sot state sen. Brad zaun]y biggeseshope is we figure out Education Funding ahead of time so the School Boards can plan their budgets. [sot hunter]we also have to make sure the 1 2 million citizens of the state of iowa who rely on medicade arent going to be left out in the cold with privitization plans the governor wants. Both sides admit that in order to get things done bipartisan bickererg has to fade into the background. So lawmakers in the republican controlled house and democratic controlled senate can get to work for the people of iowa. Work zaun and hunter say will start with medicade and education. But wont end there. [sot hunter]raising the minimum wage so we at having a living wage sand not having to live in poverty working 40 hours a a ek. [sot zaun]we havavt done anything with income taxes. Id like to see us create a better enviroment so iowans and business have more money in their pockets at the end of the year. With a short session and the iowa caususes to contend with there is no time to [sot zaun]i am ready to go. 3 the legislators tell us they would not be surprised to see the 2016 session go a week or two lonon 3 3 president obama says he will control measures without congress. As mark albert reports. The planned executive action has already created backlash from republicans who say mr. Obama is acting more like a king than a president. 3 with the attorney general by his side in the oval office, president obama said monday he would defy the Republican Controlled Congress and implement new gun control measures by executive action. Obama 14 58 43 07 this is Violent Crime in this country. Its not going to prevent every mass shooting. Its not going to keep every gun out of the hands of criminals. It will potentially save lives. The president reportedly wants to require small gun dealers to perform background checks on buyers and make it more difficult for convicted domestic abusers to purchase firearms. The white house said mr. Obama will take unilateral action soon. sot Josh Earnest White House press secretary we have to do something in this country to address the consequences of congresss failure to act. standup mark albert cbs news the white house the gop blasted the president and those who hope to succeed him say his executive orders wont survive if theyre elected. sot sen. Ted cruz rtx president ial candidate he has a phone and he has a pen but if you live by the pen you die by the pen and my pen has an eraser Chris Christie says he thinks the courts will strike down the president s plan. sot gov. Chris christie rnj president ial candidate its not constitutional and im confident the courts will that. The white house says president obama will discuss his plans with congressional members before he unveils them to the public. Mark albert, cbs news, the white house. 3 House Speaker paul ryan issued a statement calling the president s plan a dangerous executive overreach and says the country will not stand for it. 3 3 more problems tonight for troubled german automaker volkswagen. The e p a and Justice Department are suing v w over s emissions cheating software. Accusing the automaker of violating u s environmental rules. The agencies are seeking up to 18 billion dollars in civil penalties. Volkswagen admits that its diesel cars had Illegal Software installed to cheat emissions tests. About 500 thousand volkswagen and audi vehicles in the u s are affected by the scandal. The automaker has yet to comment on the lawsuit. But says it is working with us regulators on a solution to the problem. 3 weve learned the fbi is working toward a peaceful resolution to the situation over a federal wildlife sactuary in eastern oregon. The Harney County ranchers at the middle of it all have left burns and arrived in los angeles to report to federal prison. Where they will serve more time on an arson conviction. As chris liedle liedull reports. This does not change the militias plans. 3 the militia led by nevada rancher ammon bundy says they have no plans to back down. Despite the dramatic increase of Law Enforcement. Vobundy called on miltimembs from states as far away as arizona and colorado to protest the prosecution of two Harney County ranchers steve and Dwight Hammond. A federal judge convicted the fatherson duo of arson after intentionally setting 127 acres of blm on fire nearly a decade ago. The judge sentenced thememto a lesser charge at first, but their case was recently appealed and they were ordered to finish out their fi year mandatory minimum sentence. On saturday bundy his supporters Malheur National wildlife refuge saturday and are calling on the federal government to release the land back to local ranchers. Sot ammon bundy statements are not good enough. We intend on gogog to work and assisting the people in Harney County in claiming their rights and using their rights as free people. Voammon bundy says they have no intention of becoming aggressive, but say if Law Enforcement shows up with force, they will respond with force. The militiaas they call themselves, restricted accece to the site by blocking driveway and manning a guard tower at the site. Law enforcement has converged on Harney County in rural eastern oregon. Bundy and his supporters say they plan to occupy the refuge for months. In burns, reporting 3 the attorney for Dwight Hammond and his son says theyre not associated with bundys group, and that neither ammon bundy nor ananne within his group or organization speaks for the hammond family. Sixland news at five. When someone is severely overweight, the next step might be surgery. 3 coming up after the break in tonights healthwatch. Well take a look at the surgical options for weight loss. 3 youre watching g siouxland news a afive on kmeg 14, with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell 3 3 when someone is severely overweight, the next step might be surgery. Siouxland News Reporter kayla novak shows us the surgical options for weight loss. 3 it is no surprise that obseity can lead to a lot of complications. That excess weight that we carry also contributes to pain on the contributes to high Blood Pressure acid reflux disease and getting that weight off can improve peoples overall physical condition. Andnd hopefully reduce the use of medications or pills, and maybe some further sugeries down the road. This is why doctors reccommend surgeries that can help with weight loss for patients who are 100 pounds overweight and have other health problems. Mercy and our Group Midlands clinic office. Offer s a gastric by pass. We offer a gastric sleeve resection. And we offer the adjustable gastric band. Each surgery has its benefits over the other and you and your doctor can decide which is best for you. The surgeries usually require one to two nights in the hospital and up to 3 weeks of recovery at home. Doctors also reccccend time with a dietician before the surgery to create good eating habits. When the person is ready to change their life, when they are ready to eat differently, when they are ready to give up foods, certain foods, when they are ready to start exercising. Then we can have a Successful Operation and people are successful with the susuery. But remember these surgies are not permenant. When patients fall back into old habits they will regain the weight. Kayla novak, siouxland news. 3 healthwatch was brought to you by dunes surgical hospital, in association with Mercy Medical center. 3 3 first alert weather with siouxlands chief teorologist chad sandwell. 3 todays weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 our next big system starts moving in thursday evening. Overnight thursday will see a wintry mix until the Early Morning hours of friday where it wiwi switch to alalsnow by friday midmorning and last until early saturday. Latest model trends indicate 34 are possible friday, but its 3 the new Nebraska High SchoolBoys Basketball rankings are out. See who made the biggest moves. 3 and the hawkeyes beat two top the First Time Since 1987. See if the Associated Press decided to reward them with a top 25 ranking for the first 3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse. 3 3 with victories over then top ranked Michigan State and then number 14 purdue over the past 7 days, the hawkeyes took down two top 25 teams in the same week for the First Time Since 1987. And now theyre ranked in the top 25 for the first time this season. 3 they debut at number 19. The voters clearly impressed by the 19 point comeback victory in west lafeyette. That was the Third Largest comeback in program history. As for the cyclones, iowa state dropped from 11th to 13th this week. Iowa hosts unranked nebraska tomoow night. 3 speaking of nebraska basketball nebraska preps has released their latest Boys Basketball rankings. Heres what we got. Norfolk didnt lose til the state playoffs last year. Theyve already got their first loss of the season so they drop from 3 to 5 in class a. In class c1 at 72 pierce moves up from 7th to has them at number 5. Norfolk catholic drops off the list after starting the year at number 6. 3 in c2 the 110 defending champs winnebago move from 2 to 1. Guardian angels and lutheran high northeast are ranked for the first time this season and play tomorrow night. Well have that game for you on game night. 3 in d1 randolph moves from 5 to one. Walthill from 8 to 9. And bancroftrosalie debuts at number 8 in d2. Wynot goes from 5th to unranked. 3 in recruiting news boydenhull senior Chandler Brunsting has announced he is headed to dordt to play basketball. The poing guard is averaging 14 and a half points per game for the third ranked comets. 3 the vikings pulled off the big win last night defeating the packers in green bay for the nfc North Division title. Not only do they win that title but theyre reward is that they get to host an opening round playoff game. That means the defending nfc champion town. The seahawks are coming wff a 366 whooping of the cardinals, a team many consider the nfc favorite this year. 3 and nbc stole the vikings from us the last two weeks why not go for the hat trick yes sunday at noon you can see the defending nfc champs play at round of the playoffs. But packer fans weve got you covered over on our sister station kpth fox 44. Green bay marches into washington at 3 40 central time on sunday. As for us here on kmeg we bring you the steelers and bengals for a saturday night party starting at 7 15. Not pictured is the chiefs and texans who play at 3 30 saturday. Abc and espn have the rights to that game. 3 barring a reconciliation former vikings mascot ragnar will not be at the game. He posted a video online of hiimself wearing a cheesehead before last nights matchup with the packers. Earlier this fall the vikings parted ways with their mascot of 21 seasons. Its been reported game and he had made 15 hundred a game last season. 3 and now to someone who is making that money. At halftime of yesterdays suns lakers game a fan, david moya hit a Half Court Shot for 95,000, sponsored by mgm grand. Last week right here at the muskies game a fan hit a hockey shot to win 5 grand from winnavegas. 3 3 3 3