Safety. Fred is talking about heavy snow totals. Jenna and we have some pictures from todays storms. This picture comes to us from looking at a arnolds park. This is a before emmetsburg. Sending this in barb. And finally. Christine snapped a picture in cherokee for us. This was from earlier in the day. So more snow has accumulated since than. Tim were switching seasons a bit now for an update on the future for a couple of sioux citys public swimming pools. A Public Meeting is coming up on december first. To give your input on the plan to close a couple pools after next season. The proposal is to close cook and leeds pools after next summer. Eventually, lief erikson will also close and lewis will be replaced center. Eric griffith, recreation kind of the misconception i hear from everybody is wild water west in looking at a family similar to riverside, version of riverside. Tim if you want to voice your opinion about the future of the pools, again the Public Meeting is december first in
States stance on Fantasy Sports betting, a popular topic in recent w wks. In the endndthe commission claimed it d dnt have jurisdiction over online Fantasy Sports, failing to provide the clarity jackley had hoped for. Jenna but here in iowa, those under state code, fantasy games are illegal to play. Iowans are not allowed to partake in pay to play games, and not only that they must know the people in their league on a personal level. Or else they cant iowas attorney general says the laws are in place to stop iowans from scoring big. The amount potential winngs if you watch tv they are just huge, hundreds of thousands of dollars, said tom miller, Iowa Attorney general. Well beyond the 200 limit in iowa law, said miller. Jenna be sure to tune in tonight at 10, souverain will take an in depth lookokt Fantasy Sports in wa. Titi plenty of folks will get their fill of football and turkey next week. But for some, especially the needy, thanksgiving can be a hard time. Jenna but one local resta
Today, our snow should be over with. Winter weather advisories and winter storm warnings continue through 9 oclock this morning. There are some slick roads so make sure youre driving cautiously temperatures are in the upper teens and lower 20s. The dayplanner shows that temperatures are going to stay in the lower 20s through most of the and iowa dot has some tips to share with drivers that will allow highways to be plowed more efficiently. We do the primary highways so in this area that would be interstate 29, us20, us75 and iowa 12, said schultz. Winter storms have hit the siouxland area and iowa dot would like drivers to utilize some safety precaustions before deciding to travel on snowy roads. The Department Says that for everyones sake, it would be best not to be on the roads if you dont have to. Travel when the better, but if you do come across the snow plows. Give them plenty of space, said schultz. Dakin schultz also drive slow because visibility for snow plow operators is limit
The president went so far as to call the change a christmas miracle. Critics have said no child left behind gave too much power to washington in controlling state education policy. Earlier today, we talked to dr. Paul gausman, superintendent of sioux city schools gausman says he feels there was more good than bad in no child left behind, but there isis lot of anticipation and excitement leading up to these changes. Mostly in regards to standdized testing but the challenges with no child left behind have to do with assessments, every state takes a different approach to assessments, students perform at Different Levels many states like iowa continue to change the form of the assessment, the reporting of the sessment,so its very difficult to discover, but the federal governrnnt still has to underer the previous lawaw hand out these negaitive designations to different schools and different districts based on their performance. Deborah saying it involved and not enough teaching. It also had
Gatherings to celebrate and then there are people who like putting up holiday lights. One homeowner in davenport. Put up about 36thousand lights and synced it all together withthusic for all totonjoy aarik k ods from our quad cities affiliate checked it out you have nine of the White Christmas trees, which only had 400 white lights on them. But i put 600 red lights on each one of the trees. When it comes to holiday decorating. Theres one Davenport House that stands out. Since im retired now, i itook me three e eks of anywhere from five to ten hour days. James peachee puh shay runs what he calls candy cane corner. Thousands of lights. Likely hundreds of cords. And one computer program. Its all defined over here on the left hand side. Tells me which exact tree it is, where its at, and what it does. The result is a mix of music nat and lights that work togegeer in harmony. Jenny schaumburg Siberian Orchestra and he does one of their songs and its just beautiful i mean its just breathtakin