And will be closed until at least november of next year. This closing is part of phase two of the i29 projuect. Earlier this week, drivers saw traffic being moved into the new southbound lanes. Southbound traffic was moved on wednesday. And the northbound lanes were moved over today. 3 with that transition of traffic into the new southbound lanes, theyre going to Start Construction on the northbound lanes. With that, the closure of the northbound off ramp to floyd blvd. Was required to accommodate that construction activity. 3 the contractor will work throughout the winter months on the northbound lanes. All the way into next november. 3 if the contractor can complete all the median work, we would be able to open a the winter months. 3 the iowa dot says opening a second lane is the goal. However, that will depend on the weather. 3 3 Sioux City Police tonight looking for information on another attempted armed robber. This time at a store on west 3rd street. According to police. Just bef
Criticism. Our Jetske Wauran spoke with some local gun sellers and owners who are reacting to the plans. 3 Gun Shop Owners in sioux city tell me they dont believe president obamas 10point plan is the best solution. Instead, theyre saying the president should focus on the real problem. You know it seemed pretty misleading in my opinion. Theres a lot of stuff he covered thats already covered by law. Chase cjeka is the owner of american brothers in arms, a gun shop in sioux city where customers can purchase guns both instore and online. Anytime you purchase a firearm anywhere online it is required to come to a dealer by law. Paul barrett, owner of shooting paradise in sioux city, explains that all licensed dealers have to do a background check for any type of gun. But he also says, guns dont cause violence, its the people who do. Its not the guns fault in all reality, its the person using the gun. Its not the guns fault. Moved to tears, obama recalled hook massacre, that claimed the lives
3 3 our meteorologist kayla novak. Whos from california. Is live outside getting some experience on what its like to be a siouxlander. Kayla. 3 well last night we placed a 2 foot square plywood board on a flat surface and its about a half inch thick so it wont blow away in these blizzard conditions we also marked it with some orange tape so that we could find if after the measuring stick that is clear to read by tenth of an inch. 3 measuring in these conditions is difficult because of all the drifting snow. As you can see here i was falling earlier in snow drift spots that were up to my hips. This is why we put the snow measuring board away from buildings and trees. So that snow does not fall onto it and we also take an average measurements around the board. 3 we measure every hour during the storm and sweep it off for the next measurement. So far today we have gotten 9. 8 inches of snow and this last hour we got measuring snow xxx amount of snow so thats a total of xxx snow here at st
Offices closed at 10 this morning, 3 along with the Tyson Events Center and all three branches of the Public Library among others. The city has also suspended garbage collection and declared a snow emergency. That means on Street Parking is prohibited 3 until the streets have been plowed. Any car left on the streets will be towed at the owners expense. Elsewhere in siouxland. The blizzard forced a planned bond vote 3 for Iowa Lakes Community college to be postponed by a week. That vote will now take place next tuesday february 9th. 3 3 meanwhile. The cleanup is underway here at the siouxland news studios. We received more than 12 inches of snow here. And the winds blew that around into some drifts that were nearly three times that. Thats a tall task. But were still out there giving it our best. Similarly. Snowplows, blade equipped pickup trucks, and even some front end loaders are out in force across siouxland tonight. Trying to clear out roads, driveways and sidewalks. 3 3 lets turn n
On friday and again on sunday. Right now it looks very light. Stay tuned 3 3 3 president ial candidates are all over t t state of New Hampshire today ahead of the first in the nation primary next week. Its a three way race on the republican side right now between ted cruz. Donald trump. And marco rubio. On the democratic side. Hillary clinton is campaigning hard after her razor thin victory over Bernie Sanders. C b s news correspondent we juh weijia jang jiang is in ndham New Hampshire. 3 pkg nats donald trump took to the campaign trail in milford, New Hampshire iowa. And downplaying marco rubios third place finish sot donald trump he comes in third, i come in second. Trump no good. Rubio unbelievable night, unbelievable victory rubio outperformed expectations in the hawkeye state. Finishing just one percentage point behind trump, the New Hampshire favorite sot rubio we cant just win with the people have now we have to go out and convince more people that conservatism is the right appr