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 station. Ill send it back to you as i sweep this off for the next measurement. Reporting live in dakota dunes Kayla Novak Siouxland news. 3 todays storm causing much of siouxland to shut down today. In sioux city. All city offices closed at 10 this morning, 3 along with the Tyson Events Center and all three branches others. The city has also suspended garbage collection and declared a snow emergency. That means on Street Parking is prohbited 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 forcing a planned bond vote 3 for Iowa Lakes Community college to be postponed by 1 week. That poll will now take place on february 9th. 3 3 sioux city not the only part of siouxland dealing with heavy snow. Check out this video from a team of Storm Chasers in northeast nebraska. This is video from their trip along highway 20 near ponca. The roads were snow covered. And visibility was very poor. We also have this video from Joe Reklaitis in concord, nebraska. You can see the blowing snow and hear the heavy wind. Those factors combined to force the Nebraska Department of roads to pull plows off the roads for a time in northeast nebraska. 3 now at this hour. Road conditions throughout ideal. And one major road is even closed. 3 our Jetske Wauran joins us live now. Jetske, hows this storm affecting peoples travel plans . 3 well larry, with the snow storm in full swing, travelers are instead, staying indoors. And although its not an everyday occurence, when blizzards kick in, its a headache for almost everyone. 3 huge mounds of snow, piled all over the roadscausing treachorous conditions and forcing the south Dakota Department of transportation, to shut down i29 toward sioux falls. State officials closed i29 from tea exit 73 to the iowa border. The wind and the snow right now its not safe to be driving. South dakota Public Safety officials say, the heavy snow and high winds are creating whiteout conditions with zero to near zero visibility and making mondays blizzard that hit the midwest, has left drivers in a standstill. Its just something youve got to do. Wade evans has driven hundreds of miles from molden, missouri but because of strong winds and whiteout. Evans stopped at a North Sioux City gas station, before his next stop in elkton, south dakota. With what i do, ive got to get feed to the farm so they could keep producing milk. But some other drivers. Were left in the ditch. This morning, Woodbury County sheriff dave drew, tweeted out this photo, a semi, jacknifed on highway 20 on by the highway 75 bypass. North sioux city volunteer firefighter tyler kruse urges all drivers, to please be careful on the roads. Its finitely bad enough to that you shouldnt be on any roads and so probably just stay home until roads get cleared, but if you do have to go out, make sure you have stuff in your car and an emergency kit if you ever need it. Nats 3 sioux city utlities superintendent tim higgins tells me, the city has over 40 public works employees meanwhile, Sioux City Police sergeant Jim Cunningham tells me, a tow ban is in effect until further notice. Well send it back to you in 3 the studio. 3 the storm also delaying a planned celebration for the siouxland y m c a. The norm waitt senior y m c a in South Sioux City was planning to celebrate its 130th anniversary 3 tomorrow wednesday morning from 10 to 11 a m. Because of the snowstorm. That events been pushed back a week to february 10th. The y says all other details of the event remain as planned. Including the cake. 3 3 the dust has finally settled after last nights eventful iowa caucuses. 3 on the republican side. Ted cruz came out on top. Followed by donald trump and a surging marco rubio. 3 and as Craig Boswell side, it took until this afternoon for the Iowa Democratic party to declare Hillary Clinton the winner. By a razor thin margin. 3 democrat Bernie Sanders was already rallying supporters in New Hampshire before the sun came up this morning. Hes predicting a big win there after narrowly losing the democratic caucuses in iowa. We just got in from iowa where we astounded the world and now in New Hampshire we will astound the world again. Hillary clinton won two more state delegates than sanders in the closest race in caucus history. I am so thrilled that i am coming to New Hampshire after winning iowa. On cbs this morning, Bob Schieffer said the results show Clintons Campaign has problems. Bernie sanders an avowed socialist who has never sought office as a democrat gave her a real run. This is not a victory for Hillary Clinton. On the republican percent of the vote. But its the third place finisher who is now getting a lot of attention. Welcome back. Im glad to be back. Marco rubio greeted voters in New Hampshire after finishing gfx just one point behind second place finisher donald trump. We need to beat Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders and im the best candidate to do it. Marco rubio is now in the top tier and hes going to receive a lot of love from the others hoping to be the mainstream alternative. Donald trump has a big lead in the polls in New Hampshire but ted cruz will look to make a dent in that lead after mondays win. I think the voters sent the message that they want a consistent conservative. New hampshires primary the first in the nation is tuesday. Craig boswell, cbs news, des moines, iowa. 3 the First Official vote of the year has led to casualties on both sides. Democrat Martin Omalley and republican Mike Huckabee have both dropped out of the race after poor performances in the hawkeye state. 3 so thats a look at what happened statewide. But what about here in siouxland . 3 our nick popham joins us live well as a couple other interesting tidbits from caucus night. Nick . 3 larry, diana. Last night featured surprisingly close races on both sides here in northwest iowa. And some equally surprising winners in the three biggest counties. 3 final results show that in woodbury and sioux county democrats felt the bern as vermont senator Bernie Sanders won the majority of both counties. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton found success in Plymouth County after getting support from 55 percent of caucus goers. Those precincts with slashed black lines indicate that both sanders and clinton were tied. On the gop sideeven with the overall lead in iowated cruz did not gain the most supporters in siouxland as donald trump secured both woodbury and Plymouth County. The junior senator from texas was able to beat trump in sioux county. Getting 33 percent of the vote. Surprisingly mr. Trump came in fourth here losing to cruz, and doctor ben carson. Another surprising thing last night was that a few delegates for the county convention were given to Hillary Clinton by chance. In a few precinctsmany people were questioning the results after some participants had left. As a resultthe delegates were given to clinton after her side won a coin flip. 3 the coin flips in these five precincts however did not significantly impact clintons win in iowaeven though that win was by less than half of one percent. Larry, diana . 3 3 each day. Thousands of people across the country are faced with the decision of whether or not to donate a loved ones organs. 3 coming up after the break in tonights healthwatch. How that decision was repaid with love for one arizona woman. 3 youre watching siouxland news at five on kmeg 14, with siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell and sports director chris 3 3 an emotional reunion in arizona. As a mother was able to hear her sons heartbeat again for the first time in nearly three years. Her 7monthold son, lukas, died suddenly in 2013. Few days ago, clark met the little girl whose life was saved by lukas donated heart. 3 natthe tears flowed instantly between Heather Clark and Esther Gonzalez. Natthrough their two children, the mothers know too well the tragedy of loss and the beauty of a second chance. Nat crying thank youtheir story started in 2013 when heathers 7monthold son lukas died suddenly. He was just so outgoing, he was just a little ham. In her moment of grief, heather made the brave decision to donate lukas organs. She remembers what she thought. sot Heather Clark donated sons organs there is another family out there, somewhere, you know whos feeling something of what im feeling, somewhat, and i have the chance to make them not go through what im about to go through. In arizona, its exactly what Ester Gonzalez was going through at the time. Her 18month old daughter jordan was fighting for her life because of a congenital heart defect. After countless needed a new heart to survive. And thats exactly what she got; lukas heart was a match. But, because the donation was made anonymously, the families hadnt met. Until this past friday. Nat can i have a kiss on the cheek please. The moms found each other online. Their bond was instant. Then came a gift. sot heather this is for you. A teddy bear. sot say thats my heartbeat heartbeat. That played the beat of lukas donated heart. Then heather got to listen for herself. nats heather listening to heartbeat. sot Esther Gonzalez daughter received donated heart she would be so selfless to be able to think of another family while shes going through her grief,two moms brought together by tragedy. sot its so strong. But now bound by triumph. Don champion, cbs news. For a lifesaving organ transplant. Last year, more than 30,000 transplants were performed in the u. S. 3 for papapa3 first alert weather with siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell. 3 3 3 3 chad, diana and larry talk about todays weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 3 if you believe groundhogs can predict the weather. Get ready to grab your flipflops, tshirts and shorts. An early spring is on the way. There is no shadow to be cast. An early spring is my forecast. cheers . Punxsutawney phil made his prediction Tuesday Morning after emerging from a mock tree stump. His handlers told the crowd there will be early springlike weather this year. Prompting several cheers. Dont get too excited though. According to noaa. Phils forecast is accurate only about half of the time. 3 3 3 24 hours ago Norfolk Catholic star running back David Englehaupt was committed to play football at are just too good to pass up and when his Favorite Team the huskers asked them to join he had to say yes. Chris caught up with the knights star 3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse. 3 its been a whirlwind past 24 hours for a young man who you can make the argument was the Top High SchoolFootball Player in siouxland this year. Norfolk catholics David Engelhaupt was committed to play football next year at the university of wyoming. But when the huskers come calling like they did yesterday, youve gotta rethink things. This morning he accepted the with david this afternoon on the phone to talk about the whirlwind for him that was the last 24 hours. 3 engelhaupt the last 24 hours has been crazy. Like for this to be happenind two days before National Signing day. Chris when did you first get the feeling that nebraska was interested . Engelhaupt well they asked me to go to camp last year. And i went to that and i felt like i did pretty good there. And we stayed in touch for a bit. Nothing real big. Chris talk about what it means to have a dream come true like that your Favorite Team comes calling to have you play for them like that. Engelhaupt its awesome. Its an amazing feeling. Im extremely honored that they would offer me a scholarship to come play for them. Chris what is their plan for you . What position are they going mike riley tell you . Engelhaupt im going to play more of a tight end hback type role. Its a hybrid position. Im pretty excited to play that position. The wide receiver tight end type of position is something ive always wanted to try and do. Im excited to have an opportunity to do that now. Once their spring ball starts im hoping i can make some practices and meet some of the guys that are going to be in my class next year. Im jacked. Im excited to be a part of it. Chris what was it like to have to tell the folks at wyoming im sorry but this situation just came up and i cant turn it down . Engelhaupt it was tough, because i got to know those coaches really well and they were great to me. And they always showed me as a top priority guy and i appreciated that so much. I just thought it was best for me to go to nebraska. Chris what are you going to do to celebrate . Youve got the day off from school i know that. Engelhaupt me and some buddies are going to probably go to pizza ranch and 3 pizza ranch i love it hes joining tanner hass of Guardian Angels and heelans Branden Hohenstein who will both walk on this year. Alriight nebraska preps released their Girls Basketball ranks late last night. South sioux city moves up from 4 to 2 in class a. Pierce got their first loss so they drop from 1 to 3 in c1. West point beemer jumps from 6 to 5. In c2 gacc and crofton remain 12. Stanton was unranked and is now 9th. In d1 Emerson Hubbard and howells dodge stay at 2 and 4 respectively. And pender drops from 7 to 8. Wynot jumps from 87 in class d2. 3 3 3 3