Travel, drive extremely slow to stay safe. Reporting live in sioux city, robert lowe, ktiv news 4. matt conditions along interstate29 sheila ktivs sam curtiss caught up with a few professional drivers. What are they saying about the driving conditions, tonight . Youd be hardpressed right now not to find a truck stop or rest area filled with truckers parked for the night. Most said if you dont have to be out there driving, then dont. Two of the truckers i spoke with came from opposite ways. One starting in sioux falls and headed south, the other headed north hitting weather around omaha. Both said the road was sluluy, but as the sun set, ings got y. Bad, said bryan faaborg. A lot of cars in the ditch, [a] lot of trucks in the ditch. Earlier today i almost got hit a couple times. People come up tailing. It wasnt very good at was really ready for it. Faaborg did say he thinks the first snowfall of the year is when he sees the worst winter drivers. He added that since many share the interstate with semi trucks. Remember to give yourself a some room a wide buffer between your car and their truck. Because even when its nice, they cant stop on a dime. Matt, shelia. sheila thanks sam. matt robert thanks. City plows have been working hard to stay ahead of the storm, today. sheila theyre working 24 7 to get the job done. They work 12hour shifts. 7 am to 7 pm. And then 7 pm to 7 am. There are almost 50 pieces of snow equipment in the sioux city streets department, with 18 of those being the spreader trucks. They drop salt, and sand. And have blades to plow those streets. Theyre the ones first on the streets and last on the streets. The sioux city streets theyre out there on the nights, theyre out there on the weekends, theyre out there on the holidays me away from their f fily and friends and events so o think highly of them, said sioux city streets superintendent, ed pickens. He says teamwork is big for their department. The driver we followed, today, has plowed sioux citys streets for 5years. So, this isnt his first winter storm. The hardest part is just tryinin to make e it where people cacaget around thats the hardest t tng for me and everybody has such a big area. A day like today as soon as you make a pass, its coated again, said sioux city operater one, jeremy groves. Those workers will continue to plow the streets through the night and into tomorrow. As city crews tend to the streets here in sioux city, plows are hard at work on the highways and interstates. Most roads in northwest iowa and northeast nebraska are listed as completely covered by snow at this hour. And, the south dakota dot says roads in the southeastern part of the state a covered by ice and snow, and are slippery. Earlier, the state didnt advise any travel on state highways, or interstates. Log onto ktivdotcom, and click on the weather tab to find links to the latest Road Conditions for all three siouxland states. As ron mentioned a few minutes ago, siouxland was in the bullseye of this winter storm. Take a look at these pictures from sioux rapids, iowa, this morning. This was the scene about 930 on us highway 71 looking north from sioux rapids, iowa. Police chief tim porter sent us this video with the advice to travelers to slow down and take your time. Sioux falls saw record snowfall, today. Snow started at about 7 a. M. By noon there was more than 10 inches on the southern end of sioux falls. By 5pm the total snowfall on the south side of sioux falls was whopping 14inches of snow. The heaviest snow fell across northwest iowa, and southeast south dakota. But, central iowa is digging out from under a half afoot of new snow. Officially, 5. 8 inches of new snow fell in iowawa capital city. Norfolk, nebraska, missed out on the heaviest of the snow. The flakes started flying in norfolk this morning, and tapered off by early afternoon. That amounted to a little more than two inches of snow. sheila we know how much snow has fallen, but how much more can we expect . matt chief meteteologis t ron demers rejoins us. With an ananer. Weather adlib winter storm warning for majority of siouxland until midnight Winter Weather midnight it has been a snowy day in siouxland with the heaviest snow falling to the north. Just south of sioux falls, places like harrisburg, sd reported 17 inches of snow so northern siouxland will end up with over a foot with those amounts going down the farther south you move. The snow will be tapering off over the next few hours and come to an end early tonight. sheila an already agreed upon 90million dollar expansion of a biodiesel plant is growing. matt Ag Processing inc. , and Woodbury County supervisors, amended the previous deal today. Officials say the plan is to expand their biodiesel operation, which adds more value to soybeananin the arar. Agp plans to invest t 28 million in captial improvements. Thats 38million more than before. Doing so will add a few extra jobs, and increase the tax value. Adding 20,000,000 to the tax base will help the local taxpayers either through some return of those taxes to th eproperty owners or adding more stuff that happened within Woodbury County, said mark monson, odbury county supervisor. The agreement includes sevenyear tax abatement. Agp wont pay county property taxes until 2024. sheila the snow and cold couldnt keep the muskies off the ice. E. Theyre trying to work out of a minislump. Highlights of their game against green bay, later, in sportsfource. Winter storm warning fo majority of siouxland until midnight Winter Weather advisory for southwestern siouxland until it has been a snowy day in siouxland with the heaviest snow falling to the north. Just south of sioux falls, places like harrisburg, sd reporteded7 inches of snow so nohern siouxland will end up with over a foot with thos amounts going down the farther south you move. The snow will be tapering off over the next few hours and come to an end early tonight. Well be left with cold conditions for saturday as highs will only go into the 20s. Well try to get into the 30s by sunday and monday with 40s returning by midweek. Well have to keep an eye on our thanksgiving forecast as its looking like there could be a mix of precipitation ron and weant to connect with you if you grab a picture of the snow falling, send it to us you can email it to connectat ktivdotcom. But, make sure you are in a safe place before you snap that photo. A picture is worth a thousand life. Nodland elementary had a special visitor this morning that taught them all about friendship. Ronald mcdonald visited nodland to speak to the students about friendship to beat bullying. The program is called a friendship adventure with Ronald Mcdonald. It works to encourage students to be friends and shows them how to support each other. Ronald spoke with students about their behavior inside and outside of school. He told them how important respect and effective communicatio n i iwith their friends, parents, and teachers. Today im going to be visiting with the kids about well ways to deal with an ugly subject bullies. Theyre bullies everywhere and we want to help kids be able to deal with them. See, when a bully starts picking on you, if you walk away, thats a better way to deal with them then to confront them. You could also say please stop then go tell somebody, but the best way to beat a bully is to be a friend, said Ronald Mcdonald. Ronald also planned to visit akronwestfield and River Valley Community school today. Tonight, was the big fundraiser for sioux citys Ronald Mcdonald house. The marina inn hosted the denim to diamonds event. The snow couldnt keep people from the fundraiser. Our formrmr colleague christyy director of the Ronald Mcdonald house. matt still to come. A sioux city man robbed at gunpoint. What the man says happened. Later on news 4. Jeb bush we do not have to be the worlds policeman. We have to be the worlds leader. Whos going to take care of the christians that are being eliminated in the middle east . Whos going to take care of israel and support them our greatest ally in the middle east . Ththunited states has the capability of dodog this, d its in our economom and National Security interest that we do it. I will be that kind of president and i hope you want that kind of president for our country going forward. Announcer right to rise usa is responsible people are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change cheers and applause e Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather. Hes taking wall street and a corrupt political system that keeps in place a rigged economy. Bernies campaign is funded byover a million contributions people like you, who see the middle class disappearing and want a future to believe in. Sioux city police still looking for a robbery suspect tonight. sheila Sioux City Police responded to a call around noon from the employee at k n auto repair near 19th and center. The employee says a man came inside the shop and asked the employee to look at his car. The employee went aroundhe corner with him. Thats where the employee says the man pulled a gun he gave the man his wallet and the suspect then ran away. A sioux city man has been abuse and indecent exposure involving a 7 yearold girl. 21yearold Zachery Williams was charged with assault to commit exposure. He was arrested for incident on nov. 5th. Court documents say williams was babysitting a four and seven year old. He took the older girl to the bathroom and explosed himself. Investigators sahe took off the girls pants and kissed her. Today, a macy, nebraska man received 5years probation after authorites say his daughter ate methamphetam ine. Victor ray miller was convicted for negligent child abuse. Prosecutors say in october while wawahing his monthold he shot up meth. Bu he left the baggie within the reach of his child. The girl was released from the hospital after three days of treatment. A northeast nebraska man has died after a onevehicle crash. The Antelope County sheriff says it happened east of neligh along highway 275 wednesday afternoon north of the Elkhorn River bridge. Investigators douglas halseys vehicle was partly submerged in water. Halsey who was from tilden was 66years old. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. matt as controversy continues over the president s plan to bring Syrian Refugees to the united states, president ial candidate ted cruz weighs in during a town hall meeting in sioux city. Ar future, sailed through that diaper stage, learned to walk, and im reading like a thirdgrader. But now its time to go out into the world. And from what i hear, its not all toys and games out there. Will you look out for me, future . Have your next burger with a side of awesome. The oneofakind, creamy blend of sweet and tangy. Miracle whip and proud of it. At kraft we start with quality ingredients. All expertly blended to make our mayo. So you can take whatever youre making from good to amazing. Today, president ial candidate ted cruz and congressman steve king of iowa stopped in sioux city just days after king endorsed the texas senator. sheila king introduced cruz at a town hall at briar cliff. He touted cruzs dedication to the constitution and its freedoms. Looking at these, at that time 15 candidates vying for this nomination and one of them was who will make the best appointments . Not only to the supreme court, but to all of the federal courts. Cruz is the first president ial candidate king has endorsed in eight years. While in sioux city cruz weighed in on president Barack Obamas willingness to allow Syrian Refugees into the us in light of last weeks terrorist attackin paris. Islamists want to murder or forcibly convert anyone they consider an infidel, anyone who doesnt embrace their radical or islamist views. And yet president obama persists in being what is in affect an apologist for radical islamic terrorism. President obama s defendedllowing thousands of Syrian Refugees into the us. Yesterday, cruz voted against the american safe act. Its a republican backed house measure that would prevent any refugees from syria from entering the us until intelligence officials certify that none of them are dangerous. He says the Obama Administration admits it cannot vet the refefuees to determine if isis terrorists are embedded amoung them. Just a week after paris another terrorist attack killed at least 20 hostages. In mali. Targeting the capitals most luxurious hotel. An alqaeda linked group not isis claiming responsibility. Swat teams cautiously approached the hotel. Inside. At least three gunmen, armemewith grenades and assault rifles. Holding some 170 hostages, including about a dozen americans. The terrorists released those who could prove theyre muslim by reciting passages from the koran. The siege continued all day. Until Security Forces finally managed to overpower and kill the gunmen and free the rest of the hostages. Brads here there were a couple of sportingng events going on tonight. Hockey stops for nothing. The musketeers tryg to halt a threegame skid against green bay. And, well have late highlights from sioux falls as dakota valley tries to get into the state finals. Cooking thanksgiving dinner for your family can be stressful. Well show you some gadgets you might want t tget your hands on to help you out. Thereea new treatment if youre looking to lose weight fast. Well tell you how you can make it happen. Not cancelled because of the snow was a hockekegame. E musketeers starteded twogame weekend homestand against 9 and 5 green bay. Sioux city was trying to shake out of a minislump, with four losses in their last five games. The snow keeping most of the fans away but both teams played hard. 1st period sioux city goalie cam gornett makes the save the harvard recruit stopped all but the muskies couldnt find any offense either. Josh wilkins is stopped before he even gets a shot off. No score after a period. Yeah, e offense kind of stunk tonight. In the third, green bay up 1nothing sioux city starts the periodith almost 4minutes on the power play, but ian scheid is stopped by adam huska. The gamblers double their lead. Christopher grando gets the musketeers lose their fourth straight game, 31. The same two teams play again on saturday. Dakota valley facing sioux falls christian in the south dakota class a semifinals. Good start for the panthers sophomore Meredith Lammers with the huge facial. Back comes sf christian. Paige dejong and Shelby Dejong combine to deny lammers this time. Crusaders win set one, 2520. The. Crusaders win set two, 2725 have just beaten dv 31. After two seasons in sioux city xs pitcher Patrick Johnson has been signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Johnson led the league with a 151 record last season and was the american associations pitcher of the year. Those 15 wins and 132 strikeouts were xs team records he also had a 2 point08 era. Johnson, whos 27, was originally drafted by the rockies after playing at the university of north carolina. Theres a lot on the line when the hawkeyes host purdue saturday in their home finale. Iowa can finish undefeated at Kinnick Stadium for the first time in 11 years and clinch at least a share of the West Division title. Iowa is 10 and 0 and ranked fifth in the playoff standings. Purdue is just 28, and the tochdowns. The hawkeyes are doing a a the litttt things right. Theyre in the top ten nationally in n me of possession, turnover margin and rush defense. Iowas also wrying to sd 21 seniors out with a win in the last home game. Said junior rb lashun daniels. Theyve been through the downs. Know what it takes for us to be good and be successful. I really think they have the whole team behindndhem, supporting them. Theyyve done a great job, said theyre a special group of guys. Theyve been a major part of ys winning 25 games2over the last three years. Theyve done a great job academically and citizenship wise so i dont know what else we could ask for as coaches. Iowa and purdue kickoff at 11 am on espn 2. For just the second time in their last six games, iowa state is not playing a ranked team. The cyclones travel to struggling kansas state saturday. The wildcaca are 0 and 6 in the vorites over isu. The cyclones wont be going to a bowl game but with two games left, they want to finish the season on a high note. Basically were playing for pride, for cyclone nation, the fans said isu freshman brian peavy. We cant just give up now, knowing that we still have games left. I feel were playing for much more than just ourselves. The cyclones and wildcats start at 11 am on fox sports 1. Because of the snow, todays Iowa High School championship games have been moved to monday. Western christian will face iowa city regina at 11 am in the 1a final. In 2a, spirit lake and mount vernon play at 2. Well be back in cedar falls on monday and in lincoln tuesday steve from studio 6b in Rockefeller Center in the heart of new york city, its e tonight showowtarring mmy fallon. Tonight, join jimmy and his guests gordon ramsay. Billie lourd. Comedian randy syphax. And featuring the legendary roots crew. Questlove 372, estonia steve and now, here he is, [ cheers and applause ] jimmy ank you very much. Welcome. Thank you so much. Welcome, welcome, welcome, everyone. Thank you for being here. Hot crowd. Yeah, thats a hot crowd tonight. I love you, love you. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, everybody. Welcome to the tonight show. Youre here. Relax. Were going to have fun. Lets get to some news. And then well start the show here. Its been another busy week of election news. And i saw that snapchat, you guys know snapchat . Well, theyre trying to sell themselves to canada as a way toeach millennials voters with campaign ads. Of course, snapchat messages delete themselves after ten
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