Continue into tomorrow. Wth even warmer temperatures expected saturday afternoon. Highs will climb closer to that 40 degree mark due to southeasterly winds. The above average streak of temperatures will linger through the weekend and into the start of our work week with a slight chance of a wintry mix returning for wednesday. Wx timer 40 we officially have a date for the first president ial primary. The New Hampshire primary will 9th, maintaining the states firstinthenation primary status. New hampshires cretary of state made the formal announcement thursday. The contest will be held eight days after iowa holds its caucuses on february first. In prior years. The setting of New Hampshires primary date was more uncertain, and contentious, as other states threatened to move their primary or caucus dates forward. But New Hampshire always successfully defended its early state status. And has done so again in 2016. President ial candidate marco rubio took his feud with rival ted cruz to the
Branstads time at terrace hill, making him the longest serving governor in our nations history. George clinton served as governor of new york for 21 years, said iowa gov. Terry branstad. Today, i surpass his days in office. No, this is surreal, i never imagined it would happen. Creating a field of opportunities for those living in the Hawkeye State all started in the small Northern Iowa town of leland. Well, i grew up on a small farm in Winnebago County and learned to work hard at an early age, said branstad. Roots that resonate with iowans from sioux city to dubuque. With an overall election record of 190, making history isnt new to the head of the Hawkeye State. Only 35 years old at the time, branstad won his first Gubernatorial Race in 1982, becoming the youngest serving governor in state history. More than 33 years later, 21 spent working in the office of the governor, branstad says theres more work to be done well continue to bring more good jobs to iowa and diversyfying the econo
Plans to close some sioux city pools continue to move forward. Today, the sioux city parks and recreation Advisory Board has unanimously approved the proposed plan by the Pool Committee the city Pool Committee presented its plan at tonights meeting. Those included closing leeds and cook pools after the 2016 season, and replacing both facilities with a splash pad. Riverside would stay the same. Lewis pool would close after a new Aquatic Center is built in morningside. Leif erikson would remain open until the pool is no longer operational. At that time it would be replaced with a splash pad. The park board has really been engaged in this issue for a long time, theyve been participating in the process along the way. Weve been talking about this issue for over a year now. So the park prepared to make this decision. The plan approvals made by both the Parks Committee and the Pool Committee will be presented to city council on january 4th. After months of debate, the Nebraska School Activiti
The gop candidate for president faced off tonight in the last debate before the iowa caucuses. Mary moloney has the highlights from las vegas. President ial candidate we defeat terrorism to show them we do not fear them. chris christt r president ial candidate america has been betrayed. ted cruz r president ial candidate america is at war. They also set their sights on donald trump hoping the frontrunner falls ououof favor. jeb bush r president ial candidate donald is great at the one liners but he is a chaos candidate and he would be a chaos president. donald trump r president ial candidate i am the most solid candidate up here. Four other president ial hopefuls polling poorly debated earlier in the night. And talked about trumps proposal to ban muslims from entering the country. George Pataki r president ial candidate it is unamerican, it is unconstitutional and it is wrong. Lindsey Graham r president ial candidate you may think this makes us safe, but it doesnt. Lindsey Graham r pre
Temperatures climbing closer to average levels once again. Highs will approach the upper 20s today to near 30 in most spots. The dome of High Pressure giving us our pleasant conidtions will continue into tomorrow. With even warmer temperatures expected saturday afternoon. See graphics weather adlib a spokesman for Bernie Sanders president ial Campaign Says the Democratic National committee is temporarily preventing it from accessing the dncs voter file. This, after a Software Error allowed at least one member of sanders staff to look at Hillary Clintons private campaign information. The Spokesman Says the Sanders Campaign has fired a staff member who reviewed the data but its blaming a vendor who runs the dncs voter database for making serious errors. Sanders we be campaigning for president in siouxland again next week. Hes scheduled to speak at the boys club of sioux city monday night at 7. On tuesday hell be at Buena Vista University in storm lake at 10 a. M. Itll be sanders First Ca