Want to go up and talk to her right now and it just hurts. Through tears, as well as, happier memories, vakulskas sons dan, jerry and lee saw those who their mother touched through her service to the community. I dont know if i will ever be able to top what she did, said lee hansen, vakulskas youngest son. But it definitely helps me want to be better, how she cared for people. With all the recognition vakulskas earned, her family says she was never the one to brag about the impact she had. Her legacy will live on forever, said jerry plathe, vakulskas oldest son. And you know only us boys are boastful of that. You know like i said, she was very modest but its us boys that are probably the proudest. And, as long as her family, and friends, remember her, Jeanne Vakulskass legacy will live forever. There was a quote posted in Jeanne Vakulskas funeral program. It read, quote those we love dont go away, they that message was seen by family and friends throughout the room. Matt . Thanks tiffany. Investigators have released the name of the person who was found dead following a fire, in spencer, iowa, over the weekend. 44yearold Julie Bennett was the occupant of the trailer home at 317 w. 18th that caught fire saturday afternoon. After putting out the flames, firefighters found her body. Investigators say the fire was caused by flammable items located too close to a space heater. Police in mitchell, south dakota, say five people have been arrested following a Home Invasion and Armed Robbery in yankton, tuesday night. Police received a report of an attempted Home Invasion in the 12 hundred block of cedar street at about ten thirty. The homeowner was able to scare the three individuals off, but about an hour later, the residents reported being robbed at gunpoint. Police determined the two incidents were related and that the homeowners were targeted by the suspects. The mitchell Daily Republic suspects were later arrested in mitchell when Police Spotted their vehicle. The newspaper says police found three other suspects after a pickup was reportedly stolen in the mitchell area. All five suspects face robbery charges in yankton county. They include demil spears, devonjae strong, jo thomas and derrell williamson, all of chicago. And hailee rae flores of parkston, south dakota. The only person arrested in connection with a Home Invasion, in sioux city, will be arraigned on new years eve. 21yearold Austin Cummings of sioux city faces four charges connected to the robbery and assault that terrorized a sioux city woman, and her sons, back on december 7th. Police say cummings was one of two men who entered the home of Jodi Blackwell in the 26 hundred block of south alice street about three am monday. The men asked for drugs and money. Police say the victims believe they had the wrong house. Blackwells 19yearold son was tied up and beaten with a crowbar while blackwell was held at gunpoint. The thieves took multiple video game systems, a tv and cell phone. Others are in the hospital, after an afternoon car crash in buena vista county, iowa. The buena vista cocoty sheriff says the two vehicles collided headon on highway 7 near the Raccoon River bridge, which is west of newell. Two adults were pronounced dead at the scene, but authorities havent released their names. Two others were taken to the buena vista Regional Medical center, in storm lake, with nonlife threatening injuries. Everyone wants to know if were going to have a white christmas. For that, well toss it over to meteorologis t ben dorenbach. Weather adlib after a wet soggy and yes ill say it, miserable wednesday, things will dry up briefly tonight with some partial clearing too before tomorrow morning. That t when a southwest and delivers a few snow showers during the morning and midday hours christmas eve. No, it wont be a major winter storm by any means but stand by and keep reading , but some places including sioux city could see a snow dusting by tomorrow afternoon. See graphics. As santas elves work around the clock to get ready for christmas, we found another toy shop in an unusual location. Ktivs Sheila Brummer traveled to springfield, south dakota for the story. Program at the prison started making toys fiveyears ago. 37 it. Then we do air brushing to put more detail into it. 43 we make pay loaders, trains and puzzles they put a lot of effort into it, said alan mudder, shop foreman. Fivehundred toys created for that first season. And, double this december. Good to use 1 49 the toys are usually given out christmas time. But, if someononhas a fire well have the churures and theyll tell us about a family well give out toys at that time as well, said deputy warden, jennifer stanwick. there are shots of all the things below toys, like a john deere tractor, a handcrafted castle detailed duck. All, amazingly made from castoff materials, scraps of wood. 1 11 we dont throw anything. We dont want to throw away anything, because thats something we can give back to the community at no cost, said bringman. Giving back from behininprison walls, and spreading cheer for the holidd for both sides. 18 it makes you feel good to make other people feel good. It kind of makes you feel like youre doing something right for once. In springfield, south dakota, Sheila Brummer, ktiv news 4. Prisoners in springfield, south dakota also refurbish bikes for kids. The program started 10 years ago. Back then, the inmates worked on 35 to 40 bicycles. They tear them apart, sandblast the parts, put them back together, then paint them. This year, a dozen guys redid about 1,300 bicycles. 48 we get a lot of letters back from kids and family from people who appreciate them. 1 15 the inmates get a sense of worth putting these bikes out for the kids. They really do. They really enjoy it the bikes go to non prorots, churches and police departments. Prty much anyone who asks with a need. And, the parts the inmates cant use, also get recycled. Some inmates actually turn to knitting. This year, they partnered with goodwill of the great plains to help with the annual shoe and mitten drive. Yarn is donated from local churches and goodwill, and the inmates knit hundreds of hats and scarves. Still to come. Law view and its all about wills and trusts. See what happens to your money or property if a relative owes someone else money. After a wewesoggy and yes ill say it, miserable dnesday, things will dry up p iefly tonight with some partial clearing too before tomorrow morning. That is when a weak, but Strong Enough disturbance moves in from the southwest and delivers a few snow showers during the morning and midday hours christmas eve. No, it wont be a major winter storm by any means but stand by and keep reading , but some places including sioux city could see a snow dusting by tomorrow afternoon. As santa makes his visit tomorrow night Christmas Day, weather conditions will be relatively quiet before our next chance of a rain snow mix late Christmas Day y d the day after which could drop an inch or two more of the white stuff in some areas especially up north. After an off day sunday from seeing any precipitation, another chance of snow arrives monday tuesday. The federal budget just passed by congress includes 600 billion dollars in tax breaks for a number of industries. They agreed to allow us companies to Sell Crude Oil overseas in exchange for tax breaks on solar and wind energy. But some in washington say we can no longer afford 14 billion in tax breaks over the next ten years for wind energy. There are Wind Turbines spinning in 39 states, providing about five percent of the countrys electricity. The Energy Department says producing power with natural gas and coal may be less expensive but wind is cleaner. Still to come. Wills and trusts. One of your relatives owes someone else money . In our last edition of law review we covered wills and trusts. They help divide your assets after you die. But, what happens to that money, or property, if a relative owes someone e se momoy . Thats the focus of law review. Usually its in the context of a judgment, or maybe its child support, that money can be used to pay off that debt, said goosmann. Frequently well see Different Things garnished. In this instance, it was an inheritance. It might be your paycheck, or your bank accountntreally, its any ststam of money coming t tyou as the debtor that could be used to pay off that debt. If im the debtor, my next question is is there a limit to the amount of my money that the entity can garnish . breen asked. There is, matt, goosmann said. But, its going to depend on the entity thats doing the garnishment. Child support has higher limits. There are different limits state by state, as well as, on the federal level. It depends on how much money you make on an annual basis. Can your employer fire you if your being garnished . Asked breen. Garnishment, but if you have more than one garnishment, you are at risk as an employee, goosmann said. If it becomes too much of an Administrative Burden for your employer they may let you go. Brads here iowa and iowa state had good wins last night. The cyclones had another nailbiter but managed to beat a ranked team. Well hear from steve prohm and fran mccaffery. And, a player born with just one hand gets the first basket of his college career. Sports announcer one candidate tough enough to take on the bully. Jeb bush donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. Thats not going to happen. applause announcer one candidate tough enough to take on isis. Jeb will destroy isis. And keep america safe. Jeb bush the United States should not delay in leading a Global Coalition announcer tested and proven leadership matters. Jeb bush. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. Winning on the road is never easy in bigtime college basketball. Beating a top25 team is doubly difficult, but iowa state managed to do it last night against number22 cincinnati. The cyclones needed a last second shot to win. Coach steve prohm had a 7point lead at halftime. The cyclones got the lead to 13 but found themselves down by one with under 20 seconds to go. Abdel nader got open the corner and hit the three pointer giving iowa state a twopoint lead. Cincy got the ball back with 11 seconds to go and got three shots off but none of them would fall and iowa state survived, 8179. Iowa state improves to 10 and 1 after the clutch road win. I just thought our focus was so different, said head coach steve prohm. I think if you watch us play saturday and today about us and thats how it needs to be going forward. When we kept getting punched in the mouth, we kept answering and at the end of the game i feel like it really showed our character of our coaches and our playererand out bench, said senior geroges niang. What we really stand for is never giving up and keep fighting until the end an i think we did that and we came out victorius. Iowa state is off until next wednesday when they host coppin state. The hawkeyes closed out their nonconference schedule with an 8563 win over Tennessee Tech last night to improve to 93. South sioux city grad mike gesell had ten assists as iowa built a 22point halftime lead. Peter jok led the scoring wi 21 points in 21 minutes, while walkon Nicholas Baer added 19. Gesell only took three shots but also only had two turnovers in 27 minutes. Team so you need a point guard thats mccaffery. I thought his head was up, he was throwing it. He had ten assists, he could have had more because he was loading people up, we had really good shots. Other than we quick shot it a thought our shot selection was iowas next game is tuesday when they open big ten play at home against topranked michigan state. Some late scores from last night. Northern iowa lost in hawaii, 6852. Jeremy morgan had 13 points for the panthers, who fall to 73. Uni plays Washington State at 1030 tonight. The south dakota men lost in vegas to unlv, 103 to 68. The runnin rebels made18 three pointers and the coyotes fell to 76. Usd will play Florida Gulf Coast on monday in sioux falls. Before coming to iowa state football coach Matt Campbell built a team at toledo that won ten games this season. Hes bringing most of that staff with him to isu. Eli rasheed has been hired as iowa states defensive line coach. Hes the eighth former toledo assistant on campbells staff. Rasheed spent the last seven years at toledo as the rockets ranked among the top teams in the mac in Rushing Defense and scoring defense. Campbell also added former toledo strength and conditioning coach rudy wade to his staff today. There was a nice moment last basketball. Florida sophomore Zach Hodskins scored the first basket of his collegiate career. It wasnt really a Game Changing moment. Until you realize hodskins was was born without the lower half of his left arm. With the game already decided, hodskins, scored on an impressive drive while being fouled. The sixfootfour r lkon helped the gatoto win the e me by 24 points. Paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonnanao it for you. 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