Thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and im Jenna Rehnstrom most of us will gather with our family tomorrow. The turkey is carved and the potatoes passed around the table. But there are also those less fortunate tim for them. The holidays may feel just like any other day. Something some local businesses and volunteer groups want to change. Our lukas voss has more. Thanks tim and jenna, it was a humbling experience going around the city today and finding people that are trying to make the holidays more enjyoable for those in need. Sot we are serving our turkey, grilled potatoes, dressing. Vo and much more. Sioux citys soup kitchen opened their doors at 4 30 today for people in need of a warm holiday meal. Evelyn marsh has been managing the soup kitchen for the past 20 years and around the holidays it always seems a bit more crowded. Sot i am expecting over 200 hundred tonight hopefully. The soup kitchen runs on dodotions. People v vunteer to spent ththr time so that othe
Matt breen wl be back tomorrow. The thanksgiving holiday may bring some bad weather for some parts of siouxland, including winter storm warnings and advisories. Lets get right to it with chief meteorologis t ron demers. Winter weather advisory in effect thanksgiving day from 4 am to 6 pm for much of siouxland, including sioux city winter storm warning in effect thanksgivivi day from 9 am to 9 9 pm for Harrison Shelby counties the timing isnt great, but there is going to be a mix of freezing rain, sleet, and snow that will cause travel problems for our thanksgiving day. Travel will be okay this evening and early tonight so that is going to be the best time e be gegeing to your destinaaon. Its later tonight that drizzle and fog will start to turn to freezing rain and sleet as temperatures get colder probably after 3 am in sioux city . Much of the area will then see morning freezing rain and sleet which will then turn to snow from north to south as the day goes along. Today is the 30th an
matt so far, the storm has brought halfafoot of snow to sioux city. The past few hours have seen light snowbut the ow has picked up in intensity in the last few minutes. sheila ktivs robert lowe is with live link 4 along i29 with a look at the travel conditions, right now. Robert . Matt and sheila, as the snow begins to slow down, its really a blessing for those on the move. Here on i29, snow isnt the issue right now. Take a look at the streets, the main problem is they are very slick. So, authorties say you should continue to drive slowly road crews are working diligently to clear the area. Tonight, 50 pieces of equipment are helping clear the streets of sioux city around the clock. Prioritized. The most important streets are called priority o o, and include streets like floyd boulevard, hamilton boulevard, outer drive, and gordon drive. Downtown streets are also considered priority one streets. Those streets get plowed first. Then, there are priority two streets. Like glen oaks boule
Two gop candidates continue to campaign hard ahead of the caucuses. And, strong words from iowas governor about how the legislator should tackle School Funding this year. And not spend the whole session fighting over it. Tim good evening and thank you for joining us tonight good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and im jenna rhenstrom a sioux city, North Middle School student brought a gun to school today monday forcing School Authorities to notify parents. Tim according to district director of communications alison benson, the weapon was not loaded and the district doesnt believe at this time. That this student intended to harm any students or Staff Members. Tim the incident happened before School Started on the North Middle School campus, when the School Received information that a student could potentially bring a weapon to the school. Benson says when that student arrived on campus, School Staff Members immediately detained and located the weapon. Ben
Closed for the time being, but ferris says not to worry. He already has plans in the works to serve his catering customers through other venues and rebuild the restaurant. Tim omaha fire Officials Say they will have to sift through four floors of debris to get answers to a weekend explosion and fire that gutted a well known restraunt and bar. Ms pub in the old flames saturday crews didnt stop onto the property until this morning. Theres still no cause for the fire but investigators are looking into work underground construction area. Leaks were detected. Tim are back at the State Capitol in des moines. And they wasted the 2016 session reporter amanda krenz has more of the 86th general assembly. Amanda intro 31 18 a to many lawmakers today and i can tell you theres one huge this session, and the democrat and republican lawmakers who session today already seem to be in agreement. On one topic at least. They cant have a repeat of last years legislative session when it comes to deciding on