Tickets. Though many are dissapointed that they didnt win this are going to ntinue to play. You betet am gonna buy. Ten bucks today. Yeah,, you bet we are going to buy again. 3 well hear from stewart tonight on siouxland news at ten. I guess its true what they say. You cant win if you dont play. Back to you. 3 Siouxland States are rererting severaclose calls with last nights mega jackpot. In iowa. In addition to the 2 Million Dollar prize in onawa. 3 people won 100 thousand dollars. And 3 won 50 thousand dollar prizes. In nebraska. 5 people took home 50 thousand dollar prizes. And in south dakotot. Two players won 50 thousand dollar prizes. 3 3 a morning accidentn morningside sent one person to the hospital. It happened just after 10 30 this morning at the intersection of south helen and gordon drive. The driver of a truck trying to turn onto gordon from south v. Forcing the suv onto the curb and causing it t t roll. The driver of the s u v was taken to mercy with minor injuries. The driver of the truck was ticketed for failure to yield. 3 we see it all the time as Police Officers you need to stay in that inside lane ok once you veer into that ototr lane you become responsible for striking anybody and thats what happened today. Hatting also says if you see an emergency vehicle. You need to yield to them or pull over to the right. 3 3 sioux citys city council hit the road again this morning. The council and mayor held their monthly coffee with the Council Meeting at scooters on hamilton boulevard. D. Councicimembers say having the informal meeting outside of city hall makes it easier for member of the community to approach them and share their concerns. 3 its great to have the city council here its so much fun to have them in a location out in the community where people can stop by and meet them and and its really a privilege to have them here. These meetings are held on the 2nd thursday of each month. In a different location each month. 3 3 3 a nice, sunny day across siouxland. But chad says dont get used to it. 3 3 earlier this week, iowa and south dakotas governors gave their condition of the state addresses. And today, it was nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts turn. Addressing lawmakers at the state capitol. Ricketts called for more cuts and changes to the states property taxsystem. To help troubled farmers and ranchers affected by lower commodity prices. He also called for investment in roads and bridges. And for Government Departments to work smarter to save taxpayers money. 3 3 after his state of the state address. Governor ricketts headed to South Sioux City for his annual state of the s ste fly around. The stop in South Sioux City is the first of 12 events at 11 locations in 2 days. The governor answered questions about his proposals to close a gap in the state budget. And also his position on the debate over legalizing medical cannabis in nebraska. 3 we have a process here in this country to take drugs like marijuana, you know for medical purposes, its called the fda and in fact their are dirivitives of marijuana right now that are going through that fda process. I think thats the appropriate way for us to determine whether or not the use of marijuana as a drug is safe and effectiveafter South Sioux City, the governor took off for even in columbus, grand island and hastings. 3 3 iowas governor is touting sioux citys School Superintendent for help in coming up with a plan that would fund both schools and protect the states water. The issue of Water Quality has come to the forefront recently with the s moines waterworks suing three northwest iowa drainage districts. It says the districts are allowing excess nitrates to flow into the racoon river. Today governor branstad told me superintendent paul gausman played a role in the governors plan to extend for another 20 years the one cent sales tax that funds infrastucture improvements for schools. And it would also raise an estimated 4 point 7 billion dollars over that time for Water Quality efforts. 3 he talked about the need for then i put together the idea of what if we do that and address the issue of Water Quality. And we could do it in a way that doesnt require a tax increase. The governor adds this proposal would also provide a long term. Stable source of funding for both programs. 3 3 3 were about 3 hours away from the start of the latest republican president ial debate. This time from South Carolina. There will only be 7 candidates allowed on the main stage for this debate. With kentucky senator rand paul and former c e o Carly Fiorina being dropped. Republican leaders in South Carolina are excited and ready for tonights event. 3 Orlando WatsonSouth Carolina gop spokesmanSouth Carolina is immensely important. There is a lot of excitement t here. We had 25thousand people apply for tickets and we are going to pack the coliseum those people. The debate begins at 8 oclock tonight. It will be network. Not our sister station fox 44. Check your cable or satellite providers lineup for the channel number. 3 3 earlier this week. We mourned the loss of musician david bowie from cancer. Now, another entertainment icon has passed away. 3 well look back at the life and career of actor alan rickman. Coming up after the break. 3 youre watching siouxland news at five on kmeg 14, with larry wentz, diana castillo, sisixlands chchf meteorologist chad sandwell and sports director chris 3 british film and stage actor an ririman has died after a battleleith cancer. Best known to modern audiences as professor snape in the harry potter films, and bad guy hans gruber in the original die hard movie, rickman had a large body of work that included awardwinning stage work. Tina kraus looks back on his career. 3 nats die hard you know my name, but who are you . Alan rickckn made a big First Impression on american moviegoers as the villian hans gruber in the original die hard movie in 1988. natsot do you really think you have a chance against us, mr. Cowboy . Rickman had already made a name for himself on the british stage with the Royal Shakespeare company. In 1991, he returned to the screen for another memorable turn as the bad guy as the sheriff of nottingham thieves. natsot robin hood cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas Rickman won a golden globe award in 1991 for playing the title character in a tv movie rasputin dark servant of destiny. He played a lighter role in the 2003 romantic comedy, love actually, opposite emma thompson. nats love actually i am so in love with you. A classic fool. He took his turns behind the camera as well, directing and co starring with kate winslet in a little chaos in 2014. nats door opening harry potter but perhaps his most memorable role was as the dark and mysterious professor severus snape in eight harry potter films natsot mister potter. , this morning, costar danielel radcliffe paid homage to rickman, saying. Film sets and theatre stages are all far poorer for the loss of this rickman was 69 years old. Tina kraus, cbs news, london. 3 alan rickman is s survived by rima horton hipartner of 50 years, whom he married in 2012. 3 tetete3 first alert weather with siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell. 3 3 3 3 chad, diana and larry talk about todays weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 temperatures will be around 20 degrees. We may also have seen a little bit of light snow. Temperatures will hold or slowly fall throughout the day with temperatures expected to be in the low teens early friday night. From there things will keep trending colder for the weekend with the coldest air arriving monday morning when we could see morning lows in the 1520 below zero range with wind chills approaching 40. As far as snow goes we may see a little bit saturday night into 3 3 the vikings kicker visits the 1st graders who sent him letters following his missed kick over the weekend. Youve gotta see this. 3 and the last time the hawkeyes meet the spartans in a rematch of a big iow win two weeks ago. Hear from south sioux grad mike gesell on their with 3 sports director chris neyenhouse. 3 iowas gonna try to do it again. After defeating then number one Michigan State a littl over 2 weeks ago, the hawkeyes will be taking on sparty at Michigan State tonight. 3 the hawkeyes will also be trying to end an 18 game losing streak at the breslin center. Meanwhile South Sioux City grad mike gesell is arguably playing the best ball of his life. He had a career high of 25 points the last time these two teams met and just had his first double double of his career against nebraska last week. He thinks the hawkeyes wont be bothered by the atmosphere at Michigan State. 3 you know i think we have the experience now that the environments not going to get to us. But its a lot of fun to play there you know this is one of the reasons you sign up to play College Basketball is to get to play in games like this. Play in environments like that. You know its going to be a great opportunity for our team. The spararns will have the n many say is their best player, denznz valentine was out of the lineup the last time these two teams met. But hes healthy now and gesell 3 i think theyre very different. Denzel is the type of player who makes everyone around him better. Hes a big part of their offense when he is playing. And you know as a player you want to go against the best players every single night. So its going to be a good matchup for us. Were going to have a lot of diferent guys on him. You know, itll be a fun matchup. 3 just in the new ighsau Girls Basketball ranks out. And a pair of metro schools and siouxlands only representation in class 4a and 5a have dropped off the lists sioux city west was 14th theyre now unranked after a loss to the team thats still number one in 2a undefeated unity christian. Bishop heelan has lost three games in a row. They were 9th in 3a spirit lake drops from 5th to 7th. Sioux center is up to 5 from 6. Undefeated cherokee is still 4th. Undefeated pocahontas areas was 2 but they a a your new number one in 3a. 3 in 2a western christian and okoboji stay at 5 and 6 respectively. Lawton bronson beat Kingsley Pierson tuesday. But the eagles drop from 11 to 3 in 1a kp drops from 4 to 5. Newell fonda from 5 to 6. Westwood jumps from 14 to 13. And undefeated mmc makes their debubuat number 15. 3 it may have been a tough weekend for Minnesota Vikings kicker blair walsh but me local students are helping make him feel a little better. Earlier this week, first graders at Northpoint Elementary School in blaine sent letters of support to walsh following sundays loss to the seahawks. With about 30 seconds to play, walsh missed at might have been a game winning field goal. This morning, he signed autographs and took photos with those kids who still love him. 3 first off i just wanted to come by and say hello to all you guys and girls and say thank you for all the letters you wrote and the cards. It was very, very touching to me. It says a lot about you guys that you were willing to do that to say such nice things. And a lot of them were pretty appreciated. But im here to say thank you from the bottom of my heart seriously. That cheered me up a lot. Well i think its pretty cool how a famous athlete is in our school. Reporter did you make a drawing dfor him . What did you say . Well just that thanks for coming to my school. And that hes a good athlete and yeah. 3 from cute kids to cute furballs its time now for our puppy picks brought to you by c k comfort systems in sioux city weve got a very cute and adoptable puppy from the Siouxland Humane Society here to make the pick. The chiefs have won 11 straight games but the patriots have been to four straight afc championship games. Also pittsburgh beat denver earlier this year. Can they do it again in the mile high city . Here is diana with more. 3 thanks chris,welcome to this weeks puppy pipis, joining us now is roberta along with skyler from the Siouxland Humane Society. Last week we featured tammy and gypsy and with us. Tami went home, she went home to a sweet little lady. I saw them the next day at petco, tami was just following her new momma they went shopping. Well thats great news. So i think shell be a spoiled little girlnow skyler has the task this week of picking two games the chiefs, patriots and the steelers, broncos. But before we get to that why dont you tell us a little bit about skyler. Skylar came into as a stray, we think shes about 3 months old. Were presuming shes a lab mix, shes a very sweet little girl, shes very full of energy, very rambunctious but i think shell make someone a good dog. Oh yes she does, look at her face, shes just adorable and shes pretty big, shes going to be a big dog. Shes got some big paws. Skyler are you ready to choose between the chiefs and the patriots. I think shes ready, shes been staring at the food. So lets oh, oh and 3 its. Chiefs. Woah. I know everyone here is happy. So great. Well you just saw skylar choose the chiefs over the patriots and now were going to pick sundays game which is the steelers vs. The broncos. Ready. Go. Shes so eager. And she goes with the broncoswell there you have it on saturday chiefs take on the. Patriots game is at 3 35 and on sunday the steelers vs broncos kick off at 3 40 both games right here on kmeg 14. Larry, chad, chris now its time for you guys to make your picks, back to you. 3 3 you just saw skyler chose the chiefs over the patriots. And the broncos over the steelers. Im going with chads chiefs and the broncos as well. Chad who are you going with . chad answers andbroncos. And chris is picking the patriots and broncos looking at last weeks standings diana and chris are 1 and 0 since the steelers moved on. 3 c and k comfort system this week is going with chiefs and steelers. They are also 0 and 1. And the puppy is 1 and 0. Again this weeks pup. Skyler. Shes going for the chiefs and broncos. Remember skyler is up for adoption at the Siouxland Humane Society. We have the adoption information on our website siououand news dot com. We will see how everyone did next thursday on the next edition of puppy picks. 3 3 3 3 3 3 thats all our time for now. Pelley round six for seven republicans. I dont think harry truman could be picked for president in pelley also tonight, gas