Today, the governor of south dakota also laid oututis agenda for the year with his state of the state speech. Dennis daugaard says lawmakers should pass a halfcent tax increase to improve south dakotas teacher pay. He says doing this would make teachers pay more competative with neighboring states. Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts gives his state of the state on thursday. Ricketts says he will not meeting with the president tomorrow in omaha at uno. Ricketts has a scheduling conflict and plans to send the lt. Governor insnsad. The president delivered his final state of the Union Address tonight. President obama combined an ambitious agenda with a sense of hope fo the futre. The also, urged members of congress to work together. And, hopes the speech will serve as a call to action. Our optimism and work ethic, our spirit of discovery and innovation, our diversity and commitment to the rule of law these things give us everything we need to ensure prosperity and securititfor gop candidates
Lets toss it over to chief meteorologist ron demers to see what we can expect this weekend. The majority of communities in siouxland did end up seeing the 24 inches of snow that was expected and here in sioux city our official total is 3. 6 inches. The light snow will move off to the east tonight and colder air is already filtering in behind this system. Expect temps to hover only around 10 degrees on saturda and with a strong northwest wind as the snow starts to slow down, the streets need to be cleaned up. The snow may have moved out of siouxland, but clean up efforts continue tonight. The problem is the side streets and neighborhood roads remain snow packed. But snow plows are working all day to get that heavy snow off the roads. The temperatures will be dropping so be sure to allow yourself extra time if youre going to be driving tonight. Things werent much different in south dakota where roads were slick for drivers as about three inches of snow fell. With the temperatures droppin
Well follow up yesterdays mild weather with another day just like it today with a bigger surge into the 30s a few 40s too and some decent sunshine enjoy it because its the last of them well see for a little while. As a cold front moves through tonight, well see a few light snow showers across the area as temperatures begin their decent into the teens and 20s and pretty much hold steady there tomorrow morning and fall a bit more tomorrow afternoon. Conditions wont get much better this weekend with highs expected to be in the Single Digits and lower teens with lows falling to near 10 below zero saturday night with a few possible flurries. Well bounce back a little bit early next week, but not enough to melt off more snow and ice. See graphics. Wx timer 40 the numbers are in. The winning numbers are 8, 27, 34, 4, and 19. Three Winning Tickets were sold in california, tennessee, and florida. State lottery officials said one jackpotWinning Ticket was sold lottery officials dont yet know whe
Popping up in Plymouth County. Health officials there. Say they have 4 confirmed cases of the illness. And they expect that number to rise. Johnson county is still recovering from the largest mumps outbreak since 2006. And now Health Officials in Plymouth County are also battling the airborne virus we have four confirmed cases and several probably cases in Plymouth County, said tara geddes Community Health manager at Floyd Valley Hospital mumps is caused by a virus. And spreads through saliva droplets. Going from one person to the next. Through sneezing, coughing or even talking. Symptoms include. Fever, headace, and the biggest indicator. Swolle n salivary glands under the jaw. Community health manager. At Floyd Valley Hospital. Tara geddes says getting vaccinated is your best line of defense. This is our mmr vaccine. We reccommend giving it at 12 months of age and again when a child is 46 years old they get a booster dose before they go to school, said tara geddes Community Health ma
When they werent able to get a hold of her since sunday afternoon. Sioio city police say they encouraged them to contact the Dakota County Sheriffs Office since that was where hayes was last seen. A Dakota County lieutenant was able to ping hayes cell phone, and give Woodbury County deputies the location, which was near moville. matt tiffany, whats hayes current condition . tiffany she is at Mercy Medical center, in sioux city. Family members say shes still not able to talk, but that they y e hoping for a speedy r rovery. Matt and sheila . After an incident at north middle where a student brought an unloaded gun, Sioux City Police shared tips for gun safety. The Police Department is currently giving away free gun locks to people at the station headquarters. They are cabletype locks for families who dont have ways to secure their firearms from their children. If they wanana lock, were giving maximum of two per household, said chad sheehan, Crime Prevention officer with the sioux city th