could take him out and roam the halls, said jaylen roseland. jaylen is one of four student parents currently using the west high infant center's day care. at it's peak...the facility worked with 14 teenage parents. that number has dwindled in recent years...reflecting decline in teenage pregnancies seen across the nation. however, despite a decline...woodbury county is still in the top 25 percent for teen births rates in iowa....making services like these vital. "whether it's teen parents or whether it's older community members infant care is hard to find so it's just a crucial part of one of those tools that helps families be succesful so we're absolutely 100 percent needed," said erica "the west high infant eenter does more than just provide child care services; the center also functions as a space for hands on experience for students in the school district's child development program and because of it's location teenage parents who use the center say it's a huge help," said deborah souverain, abc9 news. "it's way easier. he's here with me, after practice i can pick him up i bring him to school with me," said jaylen roseland. "being able to have a dad come in and hand out, and spend time that is the biggest quality time. it doesn't have to be and fancy or whatever but just to moment is pretty amazing," said erica. the day care, which is owned and operated by the crittenton center....provides services at a reduced rate or free of charge. which makes a world of a difference for young parents like jaylen. "it would be the struggle. it really would," said jaylen. tim: experts say the reason behind the decline in teen pregnancy rates is not clear. however, according to the c-d-c....teens seem to be less sexually active.... and more of those who are .... appear to be using birth control. jenna: today is the deadline to sign- up for health- care through the afordable care act, if you want to have coverage on new year's day. but if you miss it, you'll still have the chance to get coverage through the afordable care end of january. however, your coverage would year. the a-c-a requires americans to fine. people who choose not to get coverage will this year... average penalties thousand- dollars. tim: an early morning pickup versus semi acciddent claimed osceola county. office says the accident happen just after seven, one mile et of sibley. police say 33 year old patrick webb was driving a pickup that went out of control after hitting some ice. the pickup truck slid into the path of a semi truck driven by 60 year old edward wood. webb was taken to a nearby hospital by ambulance, where he was pronounced dead. wood was not injured. jenna: one person was killed when a church youth van carrying about a dozen passengers collided with a r in nebraska. the car had two people in it. one of them died in the crash and the other was hospitalized in dozen of the people in the van were taken to hospitals. but their injuries were not considered life- threatening. the sheriff explained what happened. (sheriff kevin stukenholtz/ saunders county sheriff's dept.) they were attempting to turn the van around, they missed their turn, so they were turning around on 109, and a southbound passenger vehicle collided with them. there was also another injury. a firefighter directing traffic in the area was struck by a car. his injuries were not life- threatening. tim: the iowa dnr is seeking publ comment on a draft proposed that would ban alchol year round on all state beaches. the proposed ban would apply to the sand or fenced in areas of the beach, the swimming area, and a 200 foot land buffer surrounding sand and fenced in areas. the ban is being considered because incidents have revealed pattern of excessive consumption ofof alchol at several state beaches which threatens and personell. comments can be directed to jessica manken by phone or email through the end of business on monday december 21st. jenna: the woodbury county iowa state university extension office is celebrating a new location. a ribbon cutting ceremony was held this morning at their new office located on southern hills drive in sioux city. cooridinators of the program say, students aren't going to be the only os to benefit from the new facility. "ts building will be a resource for all of woodbury county and with the additional classroom space that we have, the teaching garden outside, and our learning kitchen we'll be able to offer more programs to more residents of woodbury county and also serve more youth out of this building." woodbury county extension moved into the new facility last nth. which includes a classroom large enough to host up to 100 people. tim: a former governrn, very familiar with the campaign trail, spent his morning right here in sioux city stumpingngor hilary c cnton former vermont governor howard dean democratic front runner hilary clinton at a small gathering at a private home in sioux city. dean also got the chance to stop by our abc9 studios this morning to talk about why he's backing clinton in the presidential race to see my one on one interview with dean you can tune into this week in siouxland sunday at 9 am . tim: republican presidential hopefuls a a eparg for tonight's g-o-p debate in las vegas. it's their last of the year, and the candidates are hoping for a breakout moment. dianne gallagher has the details. " " (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "the other candidates should be thankful. because i'm giving them a chance to make total fools of themselves in front of millions of people."."ight's cnn republican debate, donald trump holds a commanding lead in the national polls. he has crossed the 40-percent mark in a national poll from monmouth univivsity. that's more than thenext three competitors combinin. (kayigh mcenany/conservativ "it's huge. in a field of 15 candidates to command a plurality that large, 41% it's remarkable and it really speaks to where the republican party's at right now." one of the candidates rising in that field is ted cruz. the texas senator has leapfrogged over trump in two iowa polls... putting a target on his back. (ron brownstein/national review) "the more significant confrontation you could see is between ted cruz and marco rubio over the substance of ted cruz national security and foreign policy positions." national security is one of the topics moderator wolf blitzer says he's preparing. topic that's taken on new significance e since the last republican debateses th isis-related attacks in californini and paris, and trump's idea to temporarily ban muslims from meanwhile, other candidates are hoping the debate boost and keep them in the race until the iowa caucuses. (mike shields/congression i think they're going to continue to execute their game plans as they've been doing, it's going to look like some of the other debates, i think you're going to see that volatility more around february first." in las vegas, i'm dianne gallagher reporting. jenna: r feet got a big early christmas present. a group from the 3rd district department of corrections in sioux city have been buying christmas presents and other necessities for tabatha houck (howk) and her family. they helped her load her car to this afternoon with gifts and also box after box of diapers. tabatha has been getting help from the welcome home program. she now has her own place with her four daughters and says she's incredibly thankful for the help she's recieved. tabaththhouck of sioux x ty says, "it does really mean a lot to me that you chose my family out of everybody in sioux city and my girls are going to have a very merry christmas because of them and i just want to thank them for their help." tabatha says she hopes things just keep getting better for her family so she won't need the help next christmas, but she's sure glad someone's looking out for them right now. tim: if you want to help out a family in need, you can also do that through the salvation army's operation toys. there are just two days left to donate. what you need to do is drop off a new, unwrapped toy at any sioux the salvation army, or downtown at the abc9 studio. the salvation army will collect them on thursday and then parents get to come pick out christmas present for their kids. jenna: nearly one-third of americans are expected to travel this holiday season. triple-a says some 100-million people will venture at least 50 miles from home between december 23rd and january third.that's an all-time high for holiday travel. over the last seven years, more and more americans have celedrated the holidays away from home. jenna: coming up after the break... bullying is something that has lasting effects on people coming up later in the show we'll take a closer look at what you can do about them. (fred) light snow is coming, as are strong winds and cool temperatures. your forecast is after the break. stay with us! snow tomorrow. fred hexom fhexom@kcautv.c om a winter weather advisory will be in effect tonight and tomorow for the light blue shaded areas in norther and western siouxland. the hd radar shows light snow north and light rain south. you can see the fog on the port neal welding company skycam hd from the ho chunk centre in downtown sioux city. 35 was the low today and 38 the high. 38 is our temperature in sioux city with drizzle. local temperatures are in the 30s. winds are southeast at 10 to 25 miles per hour. wind chills are in the 20s and 30s. relative humidity values are as high as 100 percent. that's resulting in fog, reducing visibiliy to less than 5 miles across the area. the satellite and radar shshs the system producing snow to our west. here's apicture of an suv in the snow in n colorado, where we are ininrmed that snow tires and 4 wheel drive are a must! a winter storm warning is in effect in yellow, where 6- 10" of snow can be expeed. the stormcast hd shows a mix of light rain and snow tonight. we have a chance of light snow tomorow as winds pick up. the snow forecast shows less than 0.5" for most of siouxland, but a band of heavy snow may set up in the west. o'neill could see many inches, but that narrow heavy band isound to shift location a bit. your forecast for tonight is for a low of 33 and light rain and snow with fog and breezy winds. tomorrow will be windy, and we have a chance of light miles per hour. the 7-day forecast shows a cooldown the rest of the workweek, with friday's high of only 24. any snow won't last long, though. next week's highs will be above freezing starting saturday, so a white chistmas looks less and less likely.tonight's ask fred prize is 4 tickets to q102's birthday bash featuring echosmith and andy grammer! to enter, email fhexom@kcautv.c om or enter on the abc9 news facebook page under the ask fred post. jenna/tim/fred (tim) thanks, fred. (fred) you bet. tim: health news, the lasting effects of bullying, and whatat you can do aboutut you can do about it. jenna: most of us know consequences bullying can have on a young person's life- but now new research is showing that the damage done by even a short period of bullying can cause some serious life long problems. holly firfer has today's health minute. " " (justin athery/bullying victim) it started being like an everyday thing and then during on through the year it started getting more rough what 13-year-old justin neathery was talking about was something a little more than just rough (penny poole) you know they would just come up to him and shove him in his back you know or rip his bag off of his back or kick him while they are in the classroom (william copeland, ph.d./duke university we are talking about something that is repeated something where someone is being singled out from a group on a regular basis and a situation where there is a power differential between the person that is being bullied and the bullyer as well and now studies are are some serious lasting effects for those who were victims of bullying (william copeland,ph.d./duke iversity) victims had higher rates of a number of different anxiety didirders as they transistioned into adulthood things like generalized anxiety social phobia panic disorder and angoraphobia. things for justin are better now but his mother has this advice for other parents. (penny poole) don't let it keep going on because it can escalate very very fast and it is a serious problem for today's health minute, i'm state your name. jenna: there are many resources out there to help with a bully situation, for example "stop bullying dot gov." but the first thing to do if you think your child or someone you know is being bullyed is to start a dialogue with them or get in touch with their teachers. coming up in sports...iowa state will be without one of their key players details on naz mitrou (mee-tru) long's absence up ahead. plus...the coyotes introduced bob nielson as their new football coach today. 'll hear from the head man announced bob nielson as the next head football coach for the coyotes. today, nielson met with the media for the first time. nielson comes to vermillion from western illinois, where he led the leathernecks to the fcs playoffs this past season for the first time since 2010, a feat that earned him missouri valley football coach of the year honors. the 56 year old nielson has an impressive resume, including a career mark of 186-80-1, 10 playoff appearances, and two national championships with minnesoso duluth in 2008 and 2010. nielson has a record of winning, and hopes to continue that in vermillion. "well i am extremely excited today to coach glenn has established. i believe that we can accomplish great things here.championships for the pride of the western plain will be our goal and we will do it in a way that a a of you can radiate pride in beingpart of something g special." nielson also mentioned that he will f falize his staff by the end of the week. dordt also announced today that they've hired their next football coach. joel penner comes toioux center from malone university in canton ohio where he was the offensive coordinator, quarterbacks coach, and recruiting coordinator the last 4 seasons. penner's familiar with the gpac as well, spending three seasons as the offensive coordinator atat northwestern from 2009-11. chris: heading into the season, expectations were high for the they've lived up to them so far, climbing into the top five nationally after a 9-0 start. but the road to a championship got a little tougher today as naz mitrou long will miss the rest of the season. mitrou-long had arthroscopic surgery on both of his hips in the offseason, but had played the first 8 games for the cyclones, averaging 12 points per. he sat out sunday's game ainst arkansas pinebluff to rest, bubuthe persistentsoreness led him to decide to shut it down. iowa state will seek a medical redshirt for mitrou long, which would allow him to turn in 2016-17. here locally, east and heelan renew their rivalry on the hardwood tonight as the fifth ranked crusaders welcome the raiders into the pit. both squads are off to good starts with the raiders 4-1 and heelan 3-1. east has won three straight in the series, dating back to 2013, and both sides expect a physical battle tonight andy foster--"we're in the pit, so i mean, it's gonna be in the rebounds a little e more than the other guy. ras vanderloo--"we need to play defense and rebound, that's kiwhat we focus on. and the nights we've done it, we've been pretty good. the night we haven't done it, we were no good. so hopefully we do it. going over to the pit's never an easy deal, believe me. they're not laying down for us, i know that." andy foster--"it may come down to another chess match, you know. just hope we can compete and make it a fourth-quarter match where we can do some coaching and magic happens." we'll have all the action from this game and 8 others tonight at 10 on the abc9 sportszone. finally, the naia announced its all-american football teams today and four student athletes from area schools were first or second teamers. ryan kasdorf from morningside was a first-teamselection and northwestern's sam van ginkel was as well on the defensive line. both those players earned at least a share of gpac player of the year honors earlier this year. kasdorf and van ginkel were joined on the all- american list by a pair of second teamers. joe brummer of today's picture comes from... kylie williams. these are her two girls... one of whom love santa... little addy... not so much. if you're li to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our abc-9 facebook page. jenna/tim/chris/fred: (fred) your forecast for

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