News starts now. Lukas the blizzard shut down many parts blizzard warnings covering the area through the middle of the day. The radar shows that the falling snow is pinwheeling out of the region. Visibility right now remains fairly poor at 5 miles or less. The dayplanner reveals temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s today. Your full forecast closing a number of local businesses and highways. The snow even garnered attention from those in other parts of the state. Abc9 News Reporter bria bell brings explains. Um, well actually were from the quad cities, says countryman. Kent countryman is from davenport, iowa and he says afteteseeing weather warnings about a a izzard hitting the siouxland area. Kent decided he would be travelling across the state to Company Clean up the white stuff in sioux city. Went ahead and called sharp landscaping here. And i asked him with the size of a storm that was coming in could they use any help and he said, definitely. Come this way, so we uh loaded up some of our gear and we headed out here, says countryman. Kent is in the landscaping business himself and because his neck of the woods hasnt received much snow action, he says the blizzard was his chance to earn some extra cash. Because of the lack of snow weve had this year, in our area. We were kind of. We gotta get some income coming here, says countryman. The snow fall was so heavy, it made clearing roadways and parking lots difficult. Kent says hed been in north sioux for some time and it felt as it his work was not putting any dents into the snow. Its a blizzard. Ive been through. Ive been in the snow business myself for 35 years so ive been through a few blizzards before and its one of things that you just have to continually, continually, contiually go at, said countryman. Lukas kent says that heavy snow is not doesnt help with strong winds. He believes residents should stay home if even its only for help anyone thats plowing snow in the siouxland area to get done faster. Weve gotten a lot of School Closings called into the station since monday. But none as creative as this from a private school in omaha. Have a snow day on february 2. You can stay in your pjs all day long, bake cookies, bingewatch netflix, t t. Thats the principal at duchense do shane academy. An allgirls school in omaha. The clip is going viral now. You can listen to the whole song on our abc9 News Facebook page. Lukas sioux falls also faced the blizzard yesterday. Bringing a stretch stateline to a close. Reporter mark roper has s re on what the plow drivers in the ea faced. High winds plus blowing snow equals low visibility. And on the interstate its a recipe for a potential driving disaster thats what brought a stretch of i29 from sioux falls to the iowa stateline to a close. But a blizzard is not the only thing plow drivers like Curt Theisen Tyson have to face on the interstate. The best thing to do on a day like this is to just stay off the roads. Jessica rae equals low visibility. And on the interstate its a recipe for a potential driving disaster thats what brought a stretch of i29 from sioux falls to the iowa stateline to a close. But a blizzard is not the only thing plow drivers like Curt Theisen Tyson have to face on the interstate. The best thing to do on a day like this is to just stay off the roads. Jessica rae switching gears. The 20th annual Hunting Heritage banquet returns to norfolk this weekend. Heres paul hughes with the hundreds of the areas wild turkey hunters will gather saturday night at the Divots Devent Center for the 20th annual Hunting Heritage banquet, sponsored by the northeast nebraska beards and spurs chapter of the National Wild turkey federation. Doors open at 5. Tickets are available at several outlets in norfolk and battle creek. The city of norfolk collected about 642,000 of salestax revenue in january. About 50,000 less than the previous january. City finance officer randy gates told members of the Norfolk City Council he expected the smaller number. Gates explained that last years number was inflated because many homeowners, car owners and contractors had bought supplies to make repairs following a hail storm in the summer of 2014. Banquet returns to norfolk this weekend. Hundreds of the areas wild turkey hunters will gather saturday night at the Divots Devent Center for the 20th annual Hunting Heritage banquet, sponsored by the northeast nebraska beards and spurs chapter of the National Wild turkey federation. Doors open at 5. Tickets are available at several outlets in norfolk and battle creek. The city of norfolk collected about 642,000 of salestax revenue in january. About 50,000 less than the previous january. City finance officer randy gates told members of the Norfolk City Council he expected the smaller number. Gates explained that last years number was inflated because many homeowners, car owners and contractors had bought supplies to make repairs following a hail storm in the summer of 2014. Nebraska senator deb fischer will host a series of Community Coffees throughout eastern nebraska later this month. Fischer will be in norfolk monday, february 15th and columbus, tuesday, february 16th. Those and more stories can be heard on news talk wjag, lite rock 97. 5 and 106 x. Lukas still to come. Preview of our documentary honoring black history month. A look at americas untold journey is coming up in two minutes. Scott well have. Youre watching about 10 to 15 inches being the norm across the area. We set a new record for snowfall in sioux city on groundhog day with just over a foot. Heres the stormcast hd where well haha blowing snow today and Winter Weather advisories through noon. Well have gradual clearing of the skies and improving conditions as the day continues. Then well have sunshine for tomorrow and a warmup above the freezing mark as we pass through the extended forecast todays high is 22 with blowing snow, then clearing later in the day. The overnight low is skies. Itll be calm tomorrows high is lets get a check of your 7 day forecast. Ad lib over wx wall across the area. E set a new record for snowfall in sioux city on groundhog day smashing the old record of 3 inches with just over a well have blowing snow today and Winter Weather advisories through noon. Well have gradual clearing of the skies and improving conditions as the day continues. Then well have sunshine for tomorrow and a warmup above the freezing mark as we pass through the extended forecast todays high is 22 with blowing snow, then clearing later in the day. The overnight low is 6 under mostly clear skies. Itll be calm and cold. Tomorrows high is 31 under sunshine. Lets get a check of your 7 day forecast. Ad lib over wx wall jessica rae scott adlib lukas youve no doubt heard of the underground across the area. We set a new record for snowfall in sioux city on groundhog day smashing the old record of 3 inches with just over a foot. Heres the stormcast hd where well have blowing snow today and Winter Weather advisories through noon. Well have gradual clearing of the skies and improving conditions as the day continues. Then well have lukas youve no doubt heard of the underground railroad that south to freedom in the northern territories. But did you know the First Underground Railroad actually went south to a section of florida that offered freedom. Its part of americas untold journey as we celebrate black history month. By the late 1600s, slaves head south in search of freedom. James bullock 01 07 57 00 in 1687 the first group of people arrived in st. Augustine as what would have been called fugitives. They had escapedbondage from the english plantations in the carolinas. Anthony dixon i think it is important though, that the underground Railroad First came south to florida. James bullock we dont know how many people attempted the journey. We dont know how many failed. Kathy deegan it wasnt an easy, immediate path to freedom because even once people reached florida they had to make it to st. Augustine. It wasnt enough just to get to florida. But if they made it to the town and presented themselves to the governor. , they would d given sanctuary. Anthony dixon they are given a choice. You can live in the florida wilderness , live as a maroon society, as you see fit they were also given a choice, if you would like to live under spanish rule, then you can live at immediate threat for spain was england and her growing carolina colonies. As word got back to spain that plantation slaves were seeking asylum in spanish florida,. James bullock 00 08 21 10 the king of spain created the edict of 1693 which to my knowledge and other scholars appears to be the first civil rights legislation in the new world kathy deegan 01 41 36 12 as soon as word got to the plantations in carolina that there was this possibility of sanctuary after 1693. Many people took advantage of that possibility to try and make it to florida. Lukas that story of the 01 07 57 00 in 1687 the first group of people arrived in st. Augustine as what would have been called fugitives. They had escaped bondage from the english plantations in the carolinas. Anthony dixon i think it is important though, that the underground Railroad First came south to florida. James bullock we dont know how many people attempted the journey. We kathy deegan it wasnt an easy, immediate path to freedom because even once people reached Florida Underground Railroad is just one of many Untold Stories about the origins of the Civil Rights Movement in america. For more. Head to our website siouxlandmatters dot com lukas coming up. With the big game just a few days away. Youll meet one denver fan and her many friends. And the special way they support their favorite team. Lukas and if your still on the fence on who to pick for the game. Ill introduce you furry friends. Think is going to take home the coveted lombardi trophy. Their teams. In honor of footballs biggest weekend. Reporter jamie leary stops at a colorado goat farm to meet one of those fans. Rebecca herberg is having kids this spring. 150 of them. Goats of course. The only kind of kids the herbergs have time for these days. rebecca herberg, they typically weigh 8 or 9 pounds and theyre cold you know its april. With 14. And what jim calls a half dog. Her broncos goat coats and ranch duties take up every second of the day. rebecca herberg, goat rancher first go round uses them for a couple of weeks then we wash them and we put them on the next go round. You know. As long as everyone gets a sweater. The girls get t ange and the boys of course get blue. rebecca herberg, goat rancher it looks like a bunch of broncos fans running around there. And while rebecca wasnt always a football fan, the broncos well. Have won her over. Theyre really a team you can be proud of and i love them. Its not so much that im a football fan as that i am a broncos fan and how could you not be . Lukas fans have all sorts of traditions to predict the winner ahead of the game. Groundhog day brought some disappointment to football fans in north carolina. But it wasnt over the local groundhogs spring forecast. Grady the unhappy ahead of the big game on sunday. Check it out. Grady the grounhog picks denver over carolina to win the big game. Grady the grounhog picks denver over carolina to win the big game. Grady the grounhog picks denver over carolina to win the big game. Grady the grounhog picks denver over carolina to win the big game. Grady the grounhog picks denver over carolina to win the big game. Lukas by the way, grady did not see his shadow. Big game. Grady the grounhog picks denver over carolina to win the big game. Grady the grounhog picks denver over carolina to win the big game. Grady the big game. Grady the grounhog picks denver over carolina to win the predicts an early spring. Lukas they look to ozzy grizzly bear to this year, t ty gave ozzy the choice of two banana cakes with Peanut Butter frosting. Ozzy took his time to walk around and think about it a bit. Before making his decision. He finally chose the cake with the horse logo on it. Thats right. He went with the broncos over the panthers this year. But zoomontanas executive director said it didnt look like an easy decision for ozzy. jeff ewelt, zoomontana executive director he obviously didnt know what to do. It was going to be a close game i think and he had to get the advice of bruno. I think he was a little nervous maybe he was kinda leaning toward the panthers at first. But obviously bruno, the wiser, older bear said you know what . The broncos have this. Choose them and thats what and for the record, ozzy did correctly predict a patriots victory last year. Lukas scott lukas and scott are chatting about the big game on sunday. Lukas and scott are chatting about the big game on susuay lukas and scott are chatting about the big game on sunday. Lukas and scott are chatting about the big game on sunday. Scott good morning siouxland. We have Winter Weather advisories and blizzard warnings covering the area lukas and scott are chatting about the big game on sunday. Lukas and scott are chatting about the big game on sunday. Lukas and scott are chatting about the big game on sunday. Scott good morning siouxland. We have Winter Weather advisories and lukas and scott are chatting about the big game on sunday. Lukas and scott are chatting about the big game on sunday. Covering the area through the middle of the day. The radar shows that the falling snow is pinwheeling out of the region. Visibility right now remains fairly poor at 5 miles or less. The dayplanner reveals temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s today. Scott heres a quick covering the area through the middle of the day. The radar shows that the falling snow is pinwheeling out of the region. Visibility right now remains fairly poor at 5 miles or less. The dayplanner reveals temperatures in the upper teens and lower 20s today. Scott heres a quick check outside on one of our iowa dot traffic cams dot traffic cams here at. Many folks still waking up and starting their workday. Please drive safely everyone. Scott now youll want to watch your speed in these areas today . Police will be running radars, here. 6th street and on glenn ave. So again. Mind that speed. Lukas thanks scott. The Worlds Largest online retailer will soon be opening hundreds of bookstores. 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So howard has a recipe for chicken wings that will wow your friends this sunday with the big game less than a week away youre probably thinking, what should i make this year thatll be a anything better than chicken wings. And not just your run of the mill wings, but ones that are packed with flavor and that are baked, rather than fried. We start by drying our wings really wellllith some paper towels. And if youre using frozen wings rather than fresh ones, which i think is the best way to go make sure you thaw them first. Ok, we toss these with some olive oil mixed with some fresh minced garlic and a touch of salt. Then onto a couple of rimmed baking sheets theyll go before popping them in the oven. While theyre roasting, we mix together some melted butter, lemon juice, a bit of lemon zest, and a good amount of coarsely ground black pepper. Once they come out, well to them with our lemonpepper sauce and theyre good to go. And whether you serve them before half time i know these will be a hit. I mean between the roasting of the wings and coatatg them with a todie for sauce. You cant miss. I do hope youll go online and get the recipe forour, lemon pepper chicken wings, so you can score big no matter which team youre rooting for. Im howard in the mr. Food test kitchen, where today we found a super game day way for you to say ooh its so good lukas coming up. Siouxland faced blizzard like conditions yesterday. And crews worked all day to make sure the roads were clear. Youll meet a number of the workers. After the break. Scott Scott Jessica rae Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd and the storm lake skycam hd. We received a huge amount of snow yesterday with about 10 to 15 inches being the norm acss the area. We set a new record for snowfall in sioux city on smashing the old recor