Transcripts For KTIV News 4 Today 20151216

Winter weather advisory for knox, cedar, aelope, pierce, holt, clay sd , yankton, and lincoln counties this morning rain mixing with some snow and perhaps some sleet is moving across the viewing area this morning, so be sure to plan for a longer morning commute in anticipation of slick if not snowcovered roads and low visibilities. It will be east of the viewing area by arrund on today leleving us with indy anan cold weather with quite a few clouds overhead. See graphics. Wx timer 40 sioux city is trying to make it easier to navigate rail traffic through town. Last week we told you about a proposed plan to build a viaduct over it would begin at floyd boulevard and end east of the intersection of 18th street and steuben street. Once the viaduct is completed, the existing crossing would permanently close. The 11th street crossing would could also be closed, which is causing controversy among Business Owners. Ktivs tommie clark visited those owners and has more on how the proposed project would affect them. Train honking. The Business Owners say theyve been told the city might also look into closing 28th street instead of 11th street at the crossing. Sioux city officials will consider lowering fines for drivers ught speeding by Traffic Cameras posted on i29. On monday, the city council will discuss whether to reduce the fine from 168 dollars to 100. The assistant City Attorney says the fine applies to drivers caught going 11 to 15 mph over the posted speed limit. The proposal applies only to speed cameras along i29 and not the citys redlight cameras posted around town. No injuries were reported when n crashed into a house in spirit lake, iowa. The Dickinson County Sheriffs Office says 23yearold Jamie Leckband was driving when she failed to stop at a stop sign. The vehicle kept going and collided with a house. No one was home at the time. Leckband was charged with operating while intoxicated. Is is her third offense. The federaraaviation administration is investigating after a small plane landed on the roof of a south georgia home. Two people were onboard the plane when it landed tuesday morning. Neither one was hurt. The plane had taken off from jajasonvilles airport and was headed for Hilton Head International airport in georgia when it apparently started have difficulties. Investigators have not said what brought the plane down. Weather is to blame for a deadly crash in northwest iowa. It happened yesterday morning at about 7 15 one mile east of sibley. The Osceola County Sheriffs Office says 33yearold patrick webb from sibley was killed. Investigators say webb lost control of his pickup on an icy overpass on highway 60. Of a semi driven by y ward wood of north sioux city, south dakota. Wood was not hurt. The dixon county Sheriffs Office is investigating a house explosion in northeast nebraska. It happened late monday night in the community of newcastle. The homeowner samuel livingsten was able to escape without getting hurt. Ththincident is under investigation by the nebraska fire marshall. Federal educution Officials Say iowa and nebraska have the Top High School Graduation Rates in the country. Iowa ranked frist among all states with a Graduation Rate of ninety point five percent for the 2013 to 2014 school year. Nebraska came in second with eightynine point seven percent for the same period. The national High School Graduation rate is eighty two point three percent, which is up from the previous year. The Education Department says the National Rate is at the highest level since states adopted a uniform way of calculating their data five years ago. A former massachusett S High School student charged with guilty of rape and murder. Philip chism was 14years old when he raped, robbed and murdered 24yeyeold Colleen Ritzer in 2013. The defense argued chism was not guilty because he suffered from severe psychological issues. Prosecutors proved that chism was in full control of himself duriri the time of the crcres. Chism could be sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 15 to 25 years on the murder charge. He could also be sentenced to life for the aggravated rape and robbery charges with parole eligibility in 15 years. The sentencing date has not ben set. Federal authorities in los angeles have determined that a threat against Los Angeles County schools tuesday was not credible. The threat prompted School Officials to close nearly 12hundred schools as a precaution. A similar threat was received in new york city, buauthorities there concluded it to be a hoax. Los angeles mayor, Eric Garcetti announced last night that the threat was not credible, but that people some have used words that i think are probably inappropriate like hoax and other things. Whether its criminal mischief or its somebody testing vulnerabilities of multiple cities, we still do not know enough to say definitively, said los angeles mayor, Eric Garcetti. Schools in los angeles will be open again today. The Obama Administration will announce changes to the terror alert system today. Earlier this week Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson said the new alert system would better inform the public about threats to the United States. To help brighten t t holidays for local kids, one anonymous siouxland donor went above and beyond. Oh yeah last week, a donor surprised each girl at girls inc of sioux city with a bike. More than 115 bikes, along with helmets and locks were given away. Yesterday, it was the boys turn for a holiday surprise. 225 bikes were donated by the same anonymous about 75 thousand dollars. Unlike other donations the boys club has received in the past, this donation is special. This was a really interesting donation because it was completely unsolicited, said boys club of sioux citys chief professional officer eldon benson. Someone called us and they had decided that this is something that they wanted to do for the kids of sioux city. A lot of our kids come from lowincome families, so to be able to have this kind of Christmas Gift item for them is something thats really special. To go with their new wheels, each kid also received a bike lock and a voucher for a helmet. Christmas trees are everywhere right now. Straight ahead, well show you how one company has become the top seller of the holiday item. Forecast next few clouds overhead. The wind will continue to be brisk both tonight and tomorrow as a few peeks of sun return, but a brighter day will be had on friday as temperatures remain near 30 degrees. Well be much closer to 40 over the weekend with some decent sunshine before clouds return, buttild weatherr sticks around early next week. In the meantime, safe travels th morning see graphics. Its time to deck the halls and get in the holiday spirit that includes picking out the perfect tree. Courtney reagan takes a look at how one retailer has made a market in Christmas Trees and become the number one seller of the christmas staple along the way. Ones. And more are bought at chain retailers like home depot and lowes, than anywhere else. sot freddy lang, home depot live goods merchant were the number 1 seller of Christmas Trees in the country last year we sold about 2 point 8 Million Trees, which is a lot of trees and we expect to surpass 3 Million Trees this year reporter stand up Courtney Reagan it takes just 2 days or less between the time that trees are harvested here in the blue Ridge Mountains at sextov farms before theyre ailable at Home Depot Stores between North Carolina and florida. And live Christmas Trees are just part of home depots quest to capitalize on all things festive. In the past decade, its holiday merchandise assortment has grown fivefold to more than 45hundred products. And while home depots big season is the spring, holiday merchandise is critical to success in the fourth quarter. sot kelie charles, Home Depot Holiday merchant . In 2014 for example we outpaced the companys fourth qtr comps we can move the needle for the entire company in terms of sales and profit a holiday wish home depot is that was Courtney Reagan en we come back. Her story made national news. One special new york 8 Year Old Girl asked for christmas cards this year. But what she got was something even better. Stay tuned. Its a dream come true for an 8yearold new york girl. After being badly burned and losing her family in a house fire, the young lady is getting a special present. Jessica layton has the story. About to be fulfilled. Safyre terry was overjoyed to see her best friend zach. Then stunned when he and the folks from baking memories for kids gave her the news. Its the latest grant gesture that started out with safyres sisile request for christmas cards. She wanted a little comfort on the heals of terrible years. Safyre survived a suspected arson that killed her father, sister and two brothers. Leaving her with burns on three quarters of her body since safyres wish went viral, shes received nearlyly00thousand cards frfr arouou the world and more e an 4 thousand packages. And nowow the trip of a lifetime. Overcome with emotion, safyres aunt liz dolder has kept the trip a secret for months. Shell never forget the day she got the news. It was just what she needed, during one safyres worst days in the hospital. And the number of friends who showed up for the announcement monday was overwhelming. s Jessica Layton reporting1 221 36 the family yard was set up for a birthday party. They are celebrating safyres twin cousins 8th birthdhd today. So time and for the first time in a long time this family finally has something to look forward to. s liz dolder safyres aunt1 371 44 finally go and just have fun. Just have fun, oh my god. Just for a whole week. I can relax. She may want to relax. But this little girl is on the go. And t tres one person safyre cant wait to see cinderella after so much trauma, so much pain princess safyre may get weve seen a lot of rain the last few days. And its turning to snow in some parts of siouxland. What can we expect for totoys forecast . Bens in next to tell us. And a happy reunion for a family who thought theyd never see stickck around earlylynext week. In the meantime, safe travels the happy reunion between a family and service dog is all caught on camera. The nbc affiliate inin lexington, kentucky was s interviewing jason and Carolyn Cooper about their lost dog, radar. Minutes later, as the cameras were rolling, the coopers prayers were answered. Reporter patrick price has the story. Reunited after almost four days apart. Natsts i got him. S jason cooper radar s owner 43 46 oh my god. I never expected to see him. Nats hi buddy crying in tears, the coopers were whole again as a family. S jason cooper radar s owner 50 57 i had hope, but i was afraid. This is the m mt amazing thing. I just cant b bieve it. S Carolyn Cooper radar s owner 581 02 i guess somebody had the right place in their heart and put him back over there. But this dog isnt just a service dog or a family pet. Radar was a lifeline for madeline and her sister sophia both suffering from a terminal genetic disorder. S jason cooper radar s owner 1 121 15 watching over our daughters. Watching over madeline before she passed away. Then they moved to kentucky to start a new life after their two daughterpassed away. Radar was the only physical memory left. S Carolyn Cooper radar s owner 1 231 27 hes one of the only souls who has the same memories and experiences we do. Just in time for radars yearly Christmas Tree ornament and his own presents under the tree. He says this evening, im home its. More news and weather for you on news4 today after the break. First though. Heres a look at some of the events on the welcome back and thanks for joining us this morning. Coming up. The republican president ial candidates squared off in their final debate of the year. The showdown was focused on National Security with plenty of clashes among the gop rivals fighting to upstage donald trump. The latest from washington. And former vermont governor howard dean made a stop in sioux city yesterday. Hes endorsing Hillary Clinton. Well take you there in a minute. And traveling during the holidays can be stressful for everyone. But its even harder for the elderly. Well show you some for them. But first ben. Anticipation of slick if not snowcovered roads and low visibilities. It will be east of the viewing area by around noon today leaving us with windy and cold weather with quite a few clouds overhead. See graphics. This morning were tracking reaction to last nights republican president ial debate. If you missed it or didnt stay up late to watch the end you may have missed the News Donald Trump party, no matter what. Tracie potts is in washington with reaction this morning. This country illegally now . sot rand paul r president ial candidate 49 54 hes the weakest of all the candidates on immigration. Hes te one for an open border leaving us defenseless. sot Carly Fiorina r president ial candidate 55 57 this is why the nation is fed up with the political class. sot Chris Christie r president ial candidate 58 1 02 if your eyes are glazed overr like mine this is what its like to be on the floor of the s. Senate. Islam, isis and terror were the most discussed topics on facebook during the debate. sot john kasich r president ial candidate 1 071 14 we need to have a coalition that will stand for nothing less than the total destruction of isis. This morning, kasich heads to iowa the caucuses, now just 46 days away. Interesting the candidate who got the most twitter followers during the debate . Bernie sanders a democrat. Im tracie potts in wassington, now back to you. Former vermont governor howard dean campaigned for Hillary Clinton in sioux city on tuesday. At a private house party, dean gave supporters two main reasons to vote for clinton, her Decision Making skills and her experience. First, is she makes decision based on facac, not based on political reason or emotional reason and that is really important because when you are president , you better care what the facts are and the second is she has been in the fight for working people, for middle class people for a dean ran for the democratic nomination for president in 2004. Hes also served as chairman of the Democratic National committee. Last night, nebrasas state senator jim schchr announced his campaign for reelection in 2016. Senator scheer will soon be completing his first 4 year term. He also served on the district 3 nebraska board of education. Education, roads and taxes are issues that scheer looks to address in the final year of his first term, and he says hell continue working on them for another 4 years if he wins re electio with the session starting the 6th of january and i will be in lincoln pretty much full time between january 6th and february 15th i just wanted the district to know; one, how appreciative i am to be able to represent them, and two, i do intend on asking them for the pleasureo represent them again. The deadline for an incumbent senator to declare candidacy scheer said he wanted no confusion on whether he was running. Right now, no one else has entered the race. Secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart say that a group of Foreign Ministers will meet at the United Nations on friday to discuss a political transition in warravaged syria. Kerry met with russisi president vladimir putut at the kremlin yesterday to try to narrow gaps in the american and russian approaches to the crisis in syria. After the meeting kerry said that the us and russia see the conflict as fundamentally very similar. Millions around the world watched d front of television and computer screens yesterday as a russian soyuz spacecraft blasted off from kazakhstan. The spacecraft carrying british astronaut tim peake, us nasa astronaut Timothy Kopra and russian astronaut yuri malenchenko, successfully arrived at the International Space station about six hours after liftoff. Peake is britains first publicly funded british astronaut and the first briton to visit the iss. Retiring from nbc. The famous and fabled forecaster, stepped down after 65 years with the network. Spending 35 of them on the today show. Al roker helped scott sign off for the last time yesterday, with willard being his wacky self. I dont know where all this retirement i said im expiring not retiring. Im gonna a i said youd Better Change the locks on that door. Ive retired twice before you know. Al roker presented scott with a radio he found in an antique shop. He said roker has been his second dad and he loves him very much yesterday, some of the ktiv crew had a chance to spread a little Holiday Cheer in northeast nebraska. The tree of love made a stop in wakefield, nebraskakahis afternoon. Ivs very own al joens and tj springer visited the Wakefield Care Center with the folks from the Wakefield Branch of the Iowa Nebraska bank. There was singing of christmas traveling can be hard on everyone, but especially for the elderly. Coming up, well show you some ways totoake it easier for them. Brighter day will be had on friday as temperatures remain near 30 degrees. Well be much closer to 40 over the weekend with some decent sunshine before clouds return, but mild weather sticks around early next week. In the meantime, safe travels this morning see graphics. Traveling for the holidays can be exhausting for everyone. But t at if youre vacatioiong with an older parent or grandparent . There are special considerations you need to keep in mind, and now is the time to start planning. Bob hansen has more in healthbeat four. When Seniors Travel out of town. And its smart to know whats available and what doctors and hospitals are in your network if theres a problem. sot breanne brehh, maxim healttcare services have a list aheadadof time of hospitals near you, doctors offices near you, and see if they take your insurance as well. Those are just Little Things you can do ahead of time to make sure that youre safe. Loved one can help their relatives by arranging medication, especially when it comes to time changes. But not everyone should hit the road. sot breanne brehm, Maxim Healthcare Servicess if youve recentll had surgery or your immune systm permanently compromised, id suggest trying to have your family cme to you instead. The challenge for families is often caring for older relatives and Young Children on the same trip. reporter stand up bob hansen some folks will actually travel with a care giver, others might hire one when they get to their final destination. Maxim Companion Services says they arrange both short and Long Term Care for families. One other important piece of advice when traveling with seniors. Dont over do it. sot breanne brehm, Maxim Healthcare Services make sure youre getting rest. Make sure youre not filling that itinerary to the full and make sure you enjoy your time. That was bob hansen reporting. Lot of older relatives are in the care of baby boomers. People today in their 50s and 60s. But almost a quarter of adults are in the e re of millennials. Coming up on news 4 today. Ford is going to Start Testing selfdriving cars. And kohls is giving you extra time to get your Holiday Shopping done this year. Wall street scored yesterday, even as investors anticipated a decision by the Federal Reserve today to increase interest rates. Investors were encouraged asashe price of oil continued to recover. Bank stocks rose as traders awaited the feds next move. The dow rose 156 points to close at 17,525. The nasdaq gained 43, and the s p climbed 21 points. Are you a chchstmas shopping procrastinato r . One store wants to help you out. Kohls announced yesterday that it will keep its doors open 24 hours a day during the final stretch before christmas. The Discount Retail store will stay open for 170 hours straight starting on december 17th at 7 am. Giving shoppers until 6 pm Christmas Eve to cross those last few names off their holiday Ford Motor Company will begin n the process of testing selfdriving cars in january. The Ford Fusion Hybrid sedan will be put through its paces at the Companys Research and Innovation Center in palo alto, california. But the testing will actually begin with extensive route mapping. E Driverless Cars wont hit the road until the second half of 2016. Coming up after the break, well stories making headlines in siouxland. Plus the trailer for jk rowlings new movie has just been released. And hollywood stars went crazy for the new Star Wars Film its all coming up in hollywood minute. Cedar, antelope, pierce, holt, clay sd , yankton, and lincoln counties this morning rain mixing with some snow and perhaps some sleet is moving across the viewing area thhs morning, so be sure to plan for a longer morning commute in anticipation of slick if not snowcovered roads and low visibilities. It will be east of the viewing area by around noon today leaving us with windy and cold weather with quite a few clouds overhead. The wind will continue to be brisk both tonight and tomorrow as a few peeks of sun return, but a brighter day will be had on friday as temperatures remain near 30 degrees. Well be much closer to 40 over the weekend with some decent sunshine before clouds return, but mild weather sticks around early next week. In the meantime, safe travels time for a look at the siouxland news stories making top headlines this morning. Part of the proposed 18th street viaduct project in sioux city is not sitting well with some businsses. Under the plan, once the viaduct is open, the 11th Street Railroad crossing would closed. The food bank of siouxland is right next to the tracks. Director linda scheid says closing the crossing would close off one point of access. Thats a special concern in the winter, because the only other access is a short, steep hill. The owner of nearby alignment specialists is also concerned. He says 11th street is his bread and butter. Jim scheer is running for senator r nounced yesterday he will seek k fourth term in the unicameral in next years election. Scheer represents norfolk the state legislature. He says education, roads and taxes will be his priority in this years session. So far, nobody has filed papers to run against him. The deadline to do so is in february. And bikes for boys the anonymous donor who bought new bicycles for the girls at girls inc. Last week hasow done the same for the boys club. The boys were surprised with 225 new bicycles yesterday. Its a gift of more than 75 thousand dollars. Each boy also received a lock and voucher for a new bike helmet. The first reviews are in for star wars the force awakens. Mary moloney has that and more in todays hollywood minute. Familys Eric Stonestreet echoed his praisese nats lumos maxima the first trailer for fantastic beasts and where to find them features everything weve come to expect from jk rowlings wizarding world. Suspense, spells, and strange creatures galore. n ns growling suitcase we also catch a glimpse of one thing fans have never seen before. American wizards. nats yesterday a wizard entered new york with a case the us set harry potter spinoff hits theaters next november. Howard stern is in for five more years at sirius. After down to the wire negotiations the two managed to reach a deal. The terms have not been disclosed. For hollywood minute. Im mary moloney coming up in our third half hour of news 4 today. A new york girl who captured hearts around theheorld after her family died in a fire. Is going to disneywod well also have todays holiday trivia question. And High School Basketball teams were in action across siouxland last night. Well have the highlights from some of the match ups in the sports fource good morning. Wednesday, december 16th. Coming up in this half hour of news 4 today. Controversy over a city project. While many are backing sioux citys plans to build a viaduct to help traffic move past railroad crossings, others say it would seriously hurt their businesses. Well hear from both sides of the debate in just a minute. And kids often ask santa for a bike for christmas. And some sioux city boys can now cross that off their wish list. Thanks to a big donation from an anonymous donor. Well check out the excitement in just a minute. And the 8yearold new york girl who was badly burnededn a fire that killed her family made National Headlines last week for her simple christmas wish. To receive cards from people. But now another wish of hers has been granted. But first, heres ben. Perhaps sooe sleet is mmving ross the viiwing area this morning, so be sure to plan for a longer morning commute in anticipation of lick if not snowcovered roads and low visibilities. It will be east of the viewing area by around noon today leaving us with windy and cold weather with quite a few clouds overhead. See graphics. Sioux city is trying to make it easier to navigate rail traffic through town. Last week we told you about a proposed plan to build a viaduct over 18th street. It would begin at floyd boulevevd and end east of the intersection of 18th street and steuben street. Once the viaduct is completed, the crossing at 11th street would close. And thats where the concern comes in for some Business Owners. Ktivs tommie clark shows us how they would be building on a regular basis in bad weather because i can not get up that hill and when you start thinking about truck traffic, obviously its even more dangerous, said food bank of siouxland executive director, linda scheid. On the other side of the railroad trackcksits alignment specialists. The owner of the Automotive Repair facility says closing 11th street would hurt his business as well. The viaduct, im 100 behind it. Its great, another avenue of getting over the trains like outer belt, its fantastic. But my real problem is taking away 11th street. Youre affecting a lot of people, said alignment specialists owner and manager, rick coury. He says his business attracts people from outside sioux city and he needs that through street to get to his place. 11th street is kind of my bread and butter. Ive lived here 60 years and theres not a lot of streets that go east west that you can go from lewis boulevard to hamilton, said alignment specialists owner and manager, rick coury. Business owners say they want their voice to be heard, concerns to be understood and a viable solution to be reached. In sioux city. Tommie clark. Ktiv news 4. Business owners say theyve been might also look into closing 28th street instead of 11th street at the crossing. The dixon county Sheriffs Office investigating a house explosion in northeast nebraska. It happened late monday night in the communqty of newcastle. The homeowner samuel livingsten was able to escape without getting hurt. The explosion is under investigation by the nebraska fire marshall. Federal education Officials Say iowa and nebraska have the Top High School Graduation Rates in the country. Iowa ranked frist among all states with a Graduation Rate of ninety point five percent for the 2013 to 2014 school year. Nebraska came in second with eitynine point seven percent for the same period. The national High School Graduation rate is eighty two point three percent, which is up from the previous year. The Education Department says the National Rate is at the highest level since data five years ago. A former massachusett S High School student charged with killing a teacher was found guilty of rape and murder. Philip chism was 14years old when he raped, robbed and murdered 24yearold Colleen Ritzer in 2013. The defense argued chism was not guilty because he suffered from severe psychological issues. Prosecutors proved that chism was in full control of himself during the time of the crimes. Chism could be sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 15 to 25 years on the murder charge. He could also be sentenced to life for the aggravated rape and robbery charges with parole eligibility in 15 years. The sentencing date has not ben set. Federal authorities in los angeles have determined that a threat against los s geles county schools tuesday was not credible. Thththreat prompted School Officials to close nearly 12hundred schools as a precaution. A similar threat was received in new york city, but authorities there concluded it to be a hoax. Announced last night that the threat was not credible, but that people should still be alert. Some have used words that i think are probably inappropriate like hoax and other things. Whether its criminal mischief or its somebody testing vulnerabilities of multiple cities, we still do not know enough to say definitively, said los angeles mayor, Eric Garcetti. Schools in los angeles will be open again today. The Obama Administration will announce changes to the terror alert system today. Earlier this week Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson said the new alert system would better inform the public about threats to the United States. Earlier this week, we showed you the surprise donation of 115 bikes, one for each girl a agirls inc of sioux ci. Yesterday, it was the boys turn for a holiday surprise. Oh yeah 225 bikes were donated by the same anonymous donor to the boys club of sioux city. The boys bikes alone ring thousand dollars. Unlike other donations the boys club has received in the past, this donation is special. This was a really interesting donation because it was completely unsolicited, said boys club of sioux citys chief professional officer eldon benson. Someone called us and thth had decided that this is somemeing that they wanted to do for the kids of sioux city. A lot of our kids come from lowincome families, so to be able to have this kind of Christmas Gift item for them is something thats really special. To go with their new wheels, each boy also rereived a bike lock a a a voucher for a helmet. When we come back. We step into the ktiv kitchen for a quick way to impress your family and friends for all you seasonal gettogethers and ill have your complete clouds return, but mild weather sticks around early next week. In the meantime, safe travels this morning see graphics. If youre having family and friends over for the holidays, youre probably trying to come up with some quick and easy snacks to make. On Centsable Health this morning, a healthy appetizer theyre sure to enjoy. Heres ktivs sheila brummer. Whitney these are kind of out of the box and kind of fun to mbke. We are cooking with wonton wrgppers today. This is what the package looks like. And, you can find this in the produce section. Usually in the same section where you can see the packaged lettuce. Or, by the tofu. Thats where you would find them. This is what a crab rangoon is made with if you get chinese take out. There are only about 17 calories per wrapper. That surprises a lot of people. Sheila i was shocked when you told me before. Whitney these are usually deepfat fried, whh adds more calories. We are baking ours. But, its all about what we put in the middle. The filling of these take so little. We are going to be using cream cheese in the middle of mine. We are usually just maybe a teaspoon in the middle of mine. I am going to show you how to do a southwest wanton appetizer. Its a good vegetarian option and its so simple. Feel free to change the ingredients. Lets start with a tub of cream cheess and, because i think its easier to work with i am usually the philadelphia cream cheese that is already whipped. Sheila so, its already ready to go. And, its 35 less fat. Whitney this is just nice to work with i dont have to wait for it to get to room temperature. And, im going to use some onion. Sheila you dont have to pre cook those . Whitney yes, red bell pepper, corn and veggies a little bit hard. But, you could cook them a little bit if you wanted to soften them up a little bit. But, my favorite part of this recipe is how pretty the filling kind of is. So, thats all we are going to do. But, today the focus here is the technique and how to work with the wanton wrappers and to fold them. Youll want a wet paper towel next to you so things dont dry out if you dont. Sheila so, just get it done and dont wait. Whitney if youre just starting out make sure you have a wet paper towel to cover your wantons so they dont dry out. Once you get the hang of it you will be faster. Youll want a glass of water to dip your finger into. Run around the outside because thats where where you want to seal it shut. The first ththg to fold these is probably my favorite is into a little triangle. Just use a teaspoon of filling. Cheat a little into a corner. I am going to fold corner to corner. Then squeeze it shut and get the air out of it. I got my a little wet here but you get the idea. 350 for 15 minutes. The other way you put the two on top of each other. This is a little quicker. Put, the filling in. This goes a little faster. You also cook for 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Sheila you also have the other recipes as well that we will have on ktiv. Com. For other ideas on what you can do with the wonton as an appetizer go to ktiv. Com and youll get everything you need to know about ts weeks Centsable Health. On the Basketball Court and sioux center faced sheldon thriller. All that and more coming up in the sports fource morning wrap. Paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie sanders is a wellknown friend of family farms. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time e r our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. One of siouxlands top rivalries was renewed last night on the Basketball Court. Ktivs brad pautsch has more in the sports fource morning wrap. The other way 6 straight points for burnside give heelan a quick 7 point lead. East tries to come back. Off the miss 67 jaylen rees tips it back in. But the black raiddrs were down by doubube digits. Heelan goos baseline Elijah Hazecamp drives in for 2 more the crusaders led 21 to 9. But east does fight back. Connor murrell hits the pullup j at the horn he had 28 and east knocks off heelan 7967. Sioux center third in 2a, averaging 71 points per game and second in field goal percentage. 1st period sheldons Jaden Kleinhesselink with the takeaway takes it all the way to the rack the orabs fly out to a 16 point lead to end the quarter. Later warriors in transition tyus arends finds a cutting Brendan Zeutenhorst lays it in sioux center rallying. Sheldon still making big shots kleinhesselink from the wing buries the triple orabs holding on. But the warriors pick it up in the 2nd half arends drives kicks Marcus Winterfeld the senior hits the corner 3. The warriors finish off the orabs in vertime, 7166, to remain unddfeated. The 5 and 0 0 idge view boys visiting 2 and 2 west monona. Early on, the raptors start fast as ryan currie gets the pass on the inside, and he goes up between two defenders for the basket to put ridge view up four. But the spartans answer back when Tyler Westendorf gets the board and takes it all the way for the layup and the foul, spartans now down two. Later on, westerndorf makes the pass to alal harris, who nails the 3pointer r o pull the spartans within two. Then the raptors go on a fast break, garret lamp attacks the defense and makes the tough shot, ridge view beats the spartans, 69 to 56. Ranked first in 2a, trying to stay unbeaten against south obrien. 2nd half senior Chanda Zomermaand gives it up gets it right back and knocks down the midrange jumper knights adding to a 20point lead. Wolverines hanging tough savanna sickelka cant get the triple to go but senior maycee sth there to clean the glass and drop it in. But the knights showing why they sit atop the 2a rankings zomermaand finds justine malenke the freshman hits from downtown pads unitys lead. What a night and career for zomermaand 1,000 points in a knights jersey for the senior tack on 3 more unity christian runs wild over south obrien, 5621. For more go to ktiv. Com. Im brad pautsch with the sports fource morning wrap. Comingngp next. Coming up next. Its time for todays holiday trivia question. And one special new york 8 Year Old Girl asked for christmas cards this year. But what she got wasasomething even better. Stay tuned. A car gives you freedom. Room to grow. And in time, room to grow up. Your dream car evolves, and protecting it takes committed support. Wiwier weather advisory for knox, cedar, ananlope, pierce, holt, clay sd , yankton, and lincoln counties this morning rain mixing with some snow and perhaps some sleet is moving across the viewing area this morning, so be sure to plan for a longer morning commute in anticipation of slick if not snowcovered roads and low visibilities. It will be east of the viewing area by around noon today leaving us with windy and cold weather with quite a few clouds overhead. The wind will continue to be brisk both tonight and tomoorow as a few peeks offsun return, but a brighter day w wll be had on friday as temperatures remain near 30 degrees. Well be much closer to 40 over the weekend with some decent sunshine before clouds return, but mild weather sticks around early next week. In the meantime, safe travels its time for todays 12 days of holiday trivia question. Today is dayay of 12. Al is in the lead with h points. And ben and i are tied at 4. Each day we play for a player at home. Heres who were playing for today. Im playing for margaret wuggzer of arnolds park, iowa. Im playing for roger gruber from sioux city. Im playing for barb furlich of sioux city. So lets get to it. Heres our morning show producer thanks guys. If you get the question correct, your players win a 20 dollar gift card to a step in thyme florals. If you get the question wrong, theyll get a 10 dollar gift card to the floral shop here is todays question. In what year was rudolph the rednosed reindeer first introduced to the world . a 1949 b 1901 c 1939 d 1954 and you can play from home to. Just go to our Facebook Page to give us your answers. Al and sarah . Thanks, kaitlyn. Its a dream come true for a new york 8 yearold. After being badly burned and losing her family in a house fire, the young lady is getting a special present. Jessica layton has the story. For years her family has called her princess safyre. Playing happily on her swing set with friends, she had no idea her fairy tale dreams were about to be fulfilled. Safyre terry was overjoyed to see her best friend zach. Then stunned when he and the folks from baking memories for kids gave her the news. Its the latest grant gesture that started out with safyres simple request for christmas cards. She wanted a little comfort on the heals of terrible years. Safyre survived a suspected arson that killed her father, sister and two brothers. Leaving her with burns on three quarters of her body since safyres wish went viral, shes received nearly 200thousand more than 4 thousand packages. And now the trip of a lifetime. Overcome with emotion, safyres aunt liz dolder has kept the trip a secret for months. Shell never forget the day she got the news. It was just what she needed, during one safyres worst days in the hospital. And the number of friends who showed up for the announcement monday was overwhelming. s Jessica Layton reporting1 221 36 the family yard was set up for a birthday party. They are celebrating safyres twin cousins 8th birthday today. So this big surprise couldnt have come at a better time and for the first time in a long time this family finally has something to look forward to. s liz dolder safyres aunt1 371 44 finally go and just have fun. Just have fun, oh my god. Just for a whole week. I can relax. She may want to relax. But this little girl is on the go. And theres one person safyre cant wait to see when she gets to disney. Cinderella after so much trauma, so much pain princess safyre may get its. Time for a break. Were back with our fourth half hour of news 4 today. First though. Heres a look at some of the events on the i am rose winkel from Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in landstuhl, germany. And, i would like to wish my parents, mary ellen and vincent letters a very merry christmas. I love you, good morning and thanks for coming up this morning. The republican president ial candidates squared off in their final debate of the year. The showdown was focused on national s surity with plenty of clashes among the gop rivals fighting to upstage donald trump. The latest from washington. And former vermont governor howard dean made a stop in sioux city yesterday. Hes endorsing Hillary Clinton. Well hear from him in a minute. And weve got another half court shsh to show you. But this one wasnt shot by a fan. Its by a mascot. Thats coming up in whats trending. But first ben. This morning were tracking reaction to last nights republican president ial debate. If you missed it or didnt stay up late to watch the end you may have missed the News Donald Trump says hes sticking with the potts is in washington with reaction this morning. Youre real tough. sot jeb bush r president ial candidate 07 10 youre never gonna be president of the United States by insulting y yr way to the presidency. Donald trump and jeb bush captured the top moments on social media. Trump topped facebook, google, twitter and six online polls. sot donald trump r president ial candidate 19 21 it was a great debate, i really enjoyed it. Next to trump. Ben carson got the most new followers on twitter last night. Weighing in on isis in syria sot dr. Ben carson r president ial candidate 27 32 there will be boots on the ground, and theyll be over here if we dont get them out now. Ted cruz came in number two on social media. He clashed with marco rubio on immigration and National Security. sot ted cruz r president ial candidate 39 43 he was fighting to grant t amnesty and not to s sure the border. sot marco rubio r president ial candidate 44 48 does ted cruz rule out ever legalizing people that are in this country illegally now . sot rand paul r president ial candidate 49 54 hes the weakest of all the candidates on immigration. Hes the one for an open border leaving us defenseless. sot carlrlfiorina r president ial candidate 55 57 this is why the nation is fed sot Chris Christie r president ialandidate 58 1 02 if your eyes are glazed over like mine this is what its like to be on the floor of the u. S. Senate. Islam, isis and terror were the most discussed topics on facebook during the debate. sot john kasich r president ial candidate 1 071 14 we need to hhve a coalition that will ststnd for nothing less than the total destruction of isis. This morning, kasich heads to iowa the caucuses, now just 46 days away. Interesting the candidate who got the most twitter followers during the debate . Bernie sanders a democrat. Im tracie potts in washington, now back to you. Former vermont governor howard dean campaigned for Hillary Clinton in sioux city on tuesday. At a private house party, dean gave supporters two main reasons to vote for clinton, her Decision Making skills and her experience. First, is she makes decision based on facts, not based on political reason or emotional reason and that is really important because when you are president , you better care what the facts are and the second is she has been in ththfight for working people, for middle class people for a very long time, says dean. Dean ran for the democratic nomination for president in 2004. Hes also served as chairman of the Democratic National commitite. Senator jim scheer announced his campaign for reelection in 2016. Senator scheer will soon be completing his first 4 year term. He also served on the district 3 nebraska board of education. Education, roads and taxes are issues that scheer looks to address in the final year of his first term, and he says hell continue working on them for another 4 years if he wins re election. With the session starting the 6th of january and i will be in lincoln pretty much full time between january 6th and february 15th i just wanted the district to know; one, how appreciative i am to be able to represent thth, and two, i do intend on askiki them for the pleasure to represent them again. The deadline for an incumbent senator to declare candidacy isnt until february, but scheer said he wanted no confususn on whether he was s running. Right now, no one else has entered the race. Secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart say that a group of Foreign Ministers will meet at the United Nations on friday to discuss a political transition in warravaged syria. Kerry met with russsn president at the kremlin yesterday to try to narrow gaps in the american and russian approaches to the crisis in syria. After the meeting kerry said that the us and russia see the conflict as fundamentally very similar. Millions around the world watched in front of television and computer screens yesterday as a russian soyuz spacecraft blasted off from kazakhstan. The spacecraft carrying british astronaut tim peake, us nasa astronaut Timothy Kopra and russian astronaut yuri malenchenko, successfully arrived at thth International Space station about six hours after liftoff. Peake is britains first publicly funded british astronaut and the first brit to visit the iss. Yesterday, some of the ktiv crew had a chance to spread a little Holiday Cheer in northeast nebraska. The tree of love made a stop in wakefefld, nebraska this afternoon. Ktivs very own al joens and tj ringer visited the Wakefield Care Center with the folks from the Wakefield Branch of the Iowa Nebraska bank. Members of the wakefield honors of passing out the gifts. They also sang Christmas Songs and helped pass out treats for the crowd. One resident told me this was the most people shes ever seen in the activity room at the Wakefield Care Center. Yesterday, we showed you a Half Court Shot from an Oklahoma City thunder fan. Today, weve got an even more spectatalar Half Court Shot to show you. And it wasnt by a fan this time. Thats coming up in whats trending. And ill have your complete in whats trending on this wednesday morning. An nba mascot comes through big time for a nuggets fan. Eighthundred bucks was riding on this backward, halfcourt shot and rocky comes through. That is a difficult shot made to look easy by one of the best in the business. Nice shot rocky this mornings 12 days of holiday trivia question. In what year was rudolph the rednosed reindeer first introduced to the world . a 1949 b 1901 c 1939 d 1954 and be sure to weigh on what you think the answer is on the Facebook Page. Still to come. A best selling author is spreading the literary wealth. Plus. Kate middleton spread the christmas cheer yesterday at a youth center. Thats coming up after the break. 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 y y can take whatever youre making if you missed jimmy fallon last on the show tonight will ferrell, and twenty one pilots. You can catch the tonight show with jimmy fallon right here on ktiv at 10 35 after news 4. Its a surprise from best hes giving twomillion dollars in grants and bonuses to School Libraries and independent bookstore workers. Some 250thousand dollars in holiday bonuses will go to 87 employees of independent patterson. The duchess of cambridge visited Anna Freud Center ininamden yestserday where she joined the children at their festive end of year party. Kate middleton took part in a Christmas Tree collage making workshop before participating in a drum circle. Showing off her playful side, she played queens anthem we will rock you during a session on west african drums. Children beamed as kate embraced them with hugs and smiles. National ugly christmas sweater day is coming up. Its friday so to get your into the spirit, and thinking about y yr best holiday threads, heres a group pic of some ktivers at our Christmas Party this past weekend. So well be doing our annual ugly christmas and we want to see your festive sweaters. Send them to us and you might see a few of them on the air. Send them to connect ktiv. Com, or you can post them to our Facebook Page. Wednesday al actress Krysten Ritter is 34 52 al rock singer musician Billy Gibbons zz top is 66 in the meantime, safe travels this morning see graphics. Were wrapping things up on this wednday morning. When we come back well have the top headlines in siouxland. Plus the answer to todays trivia question. And people took to the waves in praised as one of americas best mayors who governed as a pragmatist. Bernie sanders passed more amendments in a Republican Congress than any other member. Cracked the gridlock with john mccain engthen veterans healthcare. Bernie sanders. A consistent, prininpled, and effefeive leader. Sanders im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Time for a look at the siouxland news stories making top headlines this morning. Part of the proposed 18th street viaduct project in sioux city is businsses. Under the plan, once the viaduct is open, the 11th Street Railroad crossingngould be closed. The food bank of siouxland is right next to the tracks. Director linda scheid says closing the crossing would close off one point of access. Thats a special concern in the winter, because the only other access is hill. The owner ofofearby alignment he says 11th street is his bread and butter. And bikes for boys the anonymous donor who bought new bicycles for the girls at girls inc. Last week has now done the same for the boys club. The boys were surprised with 225 new bicycles yesterday. Its a gift of more than 75 thousand dollars. Each boy also received a lock and voucher for a new bike helmet. A sea of red and white yesterday. 320 people dressed up in santa costumes and rode the waves. The surfing santas set a Guinness World record for the largest surf lesson. They beat the previous record of 250 surfers. The event was organized by a nonprofit surfing group that raises awareness for Mental Health issues and a local surf school. Time to answer todays 12 days of holiday trivia question. Im m the lead with 6 poiois. And sarah and ben are tied at 4. Lets go to our morning show producer kaitlyn kinney. Ok, kaitlyn, read us the question one more time. In what year was rudolph the rednosed reindeer first introduced to the world . a 1949 c 1939 d 1954 todays s swer is c, 1939. Rudolph and his red nose were introduced to the world by Montgomery Ward Department Stores in their christmas