The south Dakota Legislature passed the bill to increase teacher pay. The vote passed 25 to 10. The halfcent sales tax increase willllelp Fund GovernorDennis Daugaards plan to improve south teacher. The bill now heads to the supportive governor. Folks in orange city, iowa are voting today whether to pay for a new fire station. The Fire Department wants to end 3point5 Million Dollars to expand the existing station which dates back to 1973. Fire chief Dennis Vanderwel says its too small for todays needs. He also says theres also a lack of ventilation that exposes the firefighters to high levels of diesel exhaust. Polls are open until eight o clock tonight at Living Waters church in orange city. The city of sioux city held a meeting toy to discuss the possible move of the clerk of Courts Office from the Law Enforcement t nter to the county courthouse. E. Ktivs sam curtiss will have more on the meeting a northwest iowa dairy and animal feeding operation is facing a federal lawsuit. The lawsuit is against Meadowvale Dairy near rock valley and its owner, Sjerp Ysselstein authorities seeked a court order to stop the spills into a tributary of the big sioux river. The complaint lists four counts of clean water act violations. Federal prosecutors say that since 2001, the state of iowa has cited meadowvale a dozen times for failures to maintain adequate storage, resuling in manure spills and fish kills. matt a chill has returned to the air. And we had some snow on the ground in siouxland. sheila but when will it warm back up . Lets toss it over to chchf meteorologis t ronemers. Weather adlib many of our highs today were held in the 20s which is much cooler than what we have gotten used to as of late. For sioux city, the last time we had a high below 30 degrees was 17 days ago so you may have noticed todays chill. Most of our lows will dip into the teens tonight before we warm a bit better for our wednesday. Another chance of a mimicomes ououway wednesday night but it shouldnt be matt the school day had barely begun at clay centraleverly cmunity schools when someone made a bomb threat against the school. sheila ktivs tommie clark has been at the school in everly, iowa today. Shes with live link 4 now. Tommie what more can you tell us matt and sheila, i spoke with both the schools superintenden t and the clay county sheriffs department. Sheriff randy krukow says they got the call around 9 th morning that the school had received a bomb threat. The schools 7th through 12th grade students were then evacuated to an with ten other local and state agencies including a bombsniffing dog secured the perimeter and arched the building, parking lot and nearby vehicles. After the e hour search was completed krukow says they found nothing suspicious, and allowed the students to return to class. Krukow says the investigation is ongoing. At this time theyre not releasing what exactly was said in the threat, or the identity of any suspects in the case. But, he did say that whoever the suspect is could be facing felony chchges including terroristic threat charges and sanctions from the school. Matt and sheila . One day after Jonathan Neunaber pleaded guilty to his mothers murder, were learning why the akron, iowa, was in a wheelchair and neck brace in the courtroom. Neunaber had to be wheeled into the courtroom, on monday, for his hearing, where he pleaded guilty to charges of seconddegree murder and willful injury. Back on september 27th, the Plymouth County sheriff says neunaber sustained what he calls a minor injury during a fall in the jail maximum security area. Five days later, the sheriff says neunaber injured himself, again, when he lost his balance, fell backwards, and hit his head on the ed of the bed in his ll. The medical staff initially treated him at the jail, but three days later neunaber had to be taken to a local hospital for treatment of his injuries from the fall. An arion, iowa man has been sentenced to five years in prison for shooting a man in mapleton. 23yearold joshua beam pleaded guilty in september to reckless use of a firearm. In exchange for his guilty plea, prosecutors dropped four other charges against beam. On december 16th, 2014 Authorities Say b bm and eric franco were drinking at a housesen mapleton. They say the men began to wrestle and choke one another when beam got angry. Thats when they say beam shot franco in the head with a 44 magnum. Franco was treated for non life threatening injuries. A siouxlxld Program Helps famileleheal after violent crimes. Ktivs tiffany lane with the story of a woman who witnessed her husbands death and how the tiffany . Sometimes in life, we experience unexpected tragedies that we wouldnt wish on anyone. But with one program in western iowa, families of those victims, dont have to go through it alone. Families, said kirk nielsen, director of the wish unit. I want to make sure theyre up to date and informed of everything thats transpiring with the case of their loved one. Homicide victims or victims of violent crimes. Nielsen reached out to ford the day afafr she lost her husband. If you dont have any g gdance lili this or support, yoyofeel left out, said ford. And you feel not only like you have no control once the accide happens. But you have no control over whats going to happen in the legal system. That support doesnt just come at home or over the phone. Nielsen even sat in court when ford faced her husbands killer. Most victims surprisingly do a good jb because its their one time now they can have some closure and they can actually state to the defendant how its impacted them, said nielsen. And, while ford doesnt knkn if shell ever get full closure, working with nielsen and the wish unit helps her heal. The first step, lighting a candle in her husbands memory. I miss you, everyday, said ford. You know i have his picturesverywhere. But hes here. The wish unit began in july 2013 and operates under the family crisis centers. And it works with families and victims in 29 counties throughout western iowa. Matt and sheila . The wish unit is made up of four people, who work with families and friends of homicide victims. One of those people is julie vandndwel. In 2009, she lost her ten yearoldldon in a drunk driving accident. Her personal experiences help bring a different perspective when she deals with victims working with the unit. Ive experienced the loss of a loved one and with that, its helped me to find a different compassion and a more empathetic route of helping them to make sure that theyre not put into a secondary trauma. Wish unit comes from the victims of crime act. Those dollars come drom offenders convicted of federal crimes. sheila still to come. A downtown Sioux City Hotel puts another feather in its cap. Triplea offers a glowing review of the Hard Rock Hotel and casino. The 20s which is much cooler than what we have gotten used to as of late. For sioux city, the degrees was 17 days ago so you may have noticed todays chill. Most of our lows will dip into the teens tonight before we warm a bit better for our wednesday. Y. Another chance of a mix comes our way wednesday night but it shouldnt be anything too heavy. Thursday will be a bit cool but theres nothing but warming to talk about afafr that. ll have the chance of getting to around 50 degrees by friday and saturday then 60s are in the forecast for the beginning of next week with maybe even some early week thunderstorm chances. Meteorologist Ben Dorenbach celebrbred nebraskaka 149th birthday by meteorologist Ben Dorenbach celebrated nebraskas 149th birthday by speaking to a group of Young Nebraskans today. Ben spoke to the 1st graders at wayne elementary. Todadawas the introduction to their weather unit. Ben saysys they really knew their stuff about storms and clouds. Still to come. Siouxland students get down to the basics. The basic form of lifefehat is. The hard rock hoteteand casino is now the fourth hotel in iowa to earn a four diamond rating from triplea. sheila the rating follows an unannouced evaluation from triplea back in 2015. Triplea described the Hard Rock Hotel as refined, stylish with upscale physical attributes. A triplele representativ e sayay the process to become a four Diamond Hotel isnt easy. They look at 27 different criteria. Things like the staff, and facilities. The Hard Rock Hotel is only one of seven four diamondrated hotels in iowa, nebraska and south dakota. Today students from around siouxland learned about the basic form of life. Molecule s. Students from the university of Nebraska Medical Center and Milwaukee School of engineering taught students how water forms to the life of a cell. The molecules and you event allows students to work hands on with the molecules. They were even able to constructt a snow flake. An Organizer Says the event allows students to get handson experience with science. Were using science as a vehicle to get students excited about learning. If they leave here knowing a little bit more than when they came in weve succeeded, said maurice godfrey, ph. D. The event is funded by the Science EducationPartnership Award grant. Also known as sepa. Sepa strives to strengthen matat and Sciences Education of American Indian youth in nebraska and south dakota. A ballot proposal that would have enshrined farming rights in nebraskas constitution has stalled in a legislative the measure failed to get enough support today from members of the agriculturur committee. The proposal would guarantee the right to engage in farming and ranching practices and prevent the legislature from passing new regulations without a compelling state interest. Brads here with day 2 of the girls state basketball tournament. Four more northwest iowa teams in action, including cherokee, sioux center and number1 pocahontas area playing first round games in class 3a. And, its senior night at iowa for the sioux crew, mike gesell we dont just serve any fish sandwich at culvers. We serve wildcaught, north atlantic cod. This cod grows in water that is cold, clean and pristine, fullf flavorful nutrients, and that comes through in the fish. This is the way we ship it to your restaurants. Its not prebreaded. So not only do we use the highest quality cod, but we still handbatter it the oldfashioned way. And we think we get the best fish filet sandwich because of that. This is the best fish sandwich in america. Tournament with a 222 record. Neither of those losses were to a 3a team. Cherokee had their first round game this afternoon and ktivs mark freund was there. Mark cherokee is making its first appearanace at state since 2005, and enters the tournament unbeaten against teams not named western christian. The braves, second in class 3a in scoring at over 74 points per game, took on osage, who allows fewer than 40 points per contest. The cherokee offense was up to their usual tricks. Getting a ton of points in transition kaely hummel, the states second leading scorer in 3a, had 16 points by halftime as the braves led by 4 at the half. But this one was close the whole 6361. In t final minutes, paytyt slaughtetetook over off the steal the acrobatic layup tie the e me. Then slaughter steals another 19 pois, 12 rebounds hummel, 29 points, 11 boards. In a heck of a game, cherokee advances to the state semis, 7267. Its just all about staying calm, said payton slaughter. Thats what they kept telling us, you gotta stay calm, just be confident. Having your teammates behind you, thats all you need. I feel so good, said kaely hummel. I think weve worked so hard for this opportunity to get here. Were not satisfied. Were ready for the next game. In des moines, mark freund ktiv sports fource. Late this afternoon 7thranked sioux Center Taking on the defending champs from nevada. The wawaiors get out to a fast start tie tegrotenhuis from the wing cans the three not playing scared agaisnt the defending champs. Sioux center scored 10 straight shayla post on another three warriors up 8. Nevada cuts into that lead nice Ball Movement to Lexy Koudelka inside cubs back within 5. But sioux center was tied 22all at the half lexi toering on the drive add the foul now, nevada leads in the fourth quarter, 5342, with under 2 minutes left. Undefeated pocahontas area, laurensmarathon ranked 1st in 3a taking on mount vernon. The indians got out to a 9nothing lead then Ashlyn Weidauer drops in a three pokie rolling as thehe own channel 4 lookokon. Later grace meyer drives the laneand finishes pocahontas was up by 12 after a quarter. Second quarter indians pull away the other meyer sister faith meyer 3 of her 22 pp doubles up mt. Vernon at 3015. Nookie hihglight is complete without Ellie Ruffridge closes the half with the floater 24 for ruffridge. Pocahontas advances, one other score in 2a. Manson, northwest webster falls to undefeated ioio city regina, 5947. The cougars finish 205. Regina plays unity christian in the semfinals on thursday. The boys state tournament brackets in iowa and nebraska will be e lled out after tonight. Sioux city east takes on council bluffabe lincoln in a class 4a substate final. Thelynx have handed the black raiders two of their four losses. Al won by 21 and by 13 on their way to a 20 and 1 record. Game time is 7 at the tyson events center. In nebraskas class a, norfolk goes to lininln east. With nebraraas wild card system, both are likely going to state, regardless of the outcome. In nebraskas class d district finals, walthill and osmond play at wayne state wynot and chambers, wheeler central face off in battle creek. Well see whos moving on at ten. Iowa says goodbye to five seniors tonight when they host indiana in their home finale. Oux city east grad Adam Woodbury and South Sioux City grad mike gesell will play their last game at carver hawkeye, as the 16th ranked hawks host 12 indiana. Beenen starter since their freshman year. Gesell is just the fourth hawkeye ever to get over 1thousand points, 500 assists and 150 steals. Woodbury has over 700 rebounds and 800 rebounds and has started 132 of his 133 games at iowa. Game time is 8 oclock on espn. The gpac tourney finals are at 7 at tonigh tonight, erin andrews breaking down on the stand. Yo dont really realize how long four minutes until its of your nakedbody. The espn cohost descriring cononant fear after being filmed naked through a peephole. Hear how therama affected he relationship with her boyfriend. Lets see you naked online with 17 million viewers. And is the bachelor engaged. His interview after dropping the lword to two women. Also a Blake Shelton exclusive. Let thehe be thth past and