Transcripts For KMEG Siouxland News At Sunrise 20151230 : co

Transcripts For KMEG Siouxland News At Sunrise 20151230

3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 3 3 millions of people in thiriren states along the Rising Mississippi River are getting ready for historic and dangerous floods. After days of downpours. The unusual weather pattern hit missouri hard. C b s news correspondent don champion shows us how much of the state is under water. 3 sot gov. Jay Nixon D Missouri missouri is in the dangerous flooding event. Missouri governor jay nixon called in the National Guard as the state grapples with deadly flooding. Volunteers throughout saint louis worked late tuesday night, laying out sandbags. The situation was dire at this Water Treatment plant in the town of high ridge. Its reserves only contain enough water for up to four days. sot mos name given were all going to get through it we just need to Work Together as a community the rare winter deluge has already left parts of the state, including the town of union, under water. Rising water along the mississippi and other major rivers have forced people out. sot Kathy Wunderlich resident we emptied our basement out of anything important and then we cleaned out of the house of clothes, things that cant be replaced tony phillip closed his Furniture Store ahead ofof an Evacuation Order sot tony phillip Business Owner were just preparing for the worst by getting everything up to Higher Ground water levels in some locations could exceed levels not seen since the great flood of 1993. But state officials maintain, theyre prepared. sot jim kramper National Weather service in terms of specifically were light years better than we were in 93. now were actually putting in forecast rainfall and that has given us a mumu more heads up. More than 12 people in missouri have been killed in the flooding. Don champion cbs news. 3 forecasters say the mississippi and other major rivers will most likely rivers will other major mississippi and say the forecasters 3 forecasters say the mississippi and other major rivers will most likely crest at record levels starting tomorrow. 3 three people from sioux city are in jail in sioux falls this morning. Facing charges related to prostitution. Police in sioux falls say 28 year old amanda meyer and 23 year old Brittany Leners were arrested for prosostution. 26 year old rashad lee was arrested for pimping. They were arrested after Sioux Falls Police investigators answered an online ad and met the two women at a hotel. Lee is believed to have driven the women to sioux city. The arrests are part of the Sioux Falls Police departments campaign n against huhun trafficking. And a lot of times officece use online ads for prostitution as a way to try and find women being trafficked for sex. 3 iowas state auditor says the city council in the Woodbury County town of hornick failed to catch more than 100 thousand dollars in improper spending by two of the citys clerks. Yesterday the state Auditors Office released a report saying the clerk from 2001 to 2009 improperly spent more than 5 thousand dollars. And improperly documented payments to herself of more than 11 thousand dollars. The clerk after her. Who served from 2009 to 2012. Improperly spent at least 42 hundred dollars and failededo properly document more than 47 thousand dollars in payments to the citys mayor and council members. No charges have been filed against either former clerk. But prosecutors and the iowa investigations both received copies of the report. 3 a three month investigation into a september car accident in rural Plymouth County has a cherokee iowa woman behind bars this morning. The iowa state patrol investigated the crash on september 9th. Three people were sent to Mercy Medical center in sioux city with serious injuries. Now. Police say the driver of one of the vehicles intentionally drove her s u v into the path of the other car. Melissa ebert of cherokee was arrested yesterdadaand charged with two counts of attempted murder. Two counts of serious injury by motor vehicle. And o w i second offense. Shes been booked into the Plymouth County jail in le mars. 3 police in sioux city are looking for two people believed to be involved with a car theft on the Near Northside last month. Take a look at these surveillance pictures from the kum and go store at 14th and pierce. You can see the two People Police want to find here. If you know who these two people are. Call is 2 5 8 tips. 3 a Sioux Center Man will spend the next two years in prison and the rest of his life on the sex offender registry after accepting a plea agreement. 43 year old danny barnes agreed to plea guilty to assault with intent to commit sex abuse tuesday in exchange for the 2 year sentence. After his release. Hell spend 10 years on probation and be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He was arrested in october and charged with sexually assaulting a 14 Year Old Girl in a sioux center park back in august. 3 the two sioux city brothers convicted last year in federal court of assaulting two drug dealers have had their sentences upheld on appeal. The 8th Circuit Court of appeals says the life sentence given to jamal dean and the 30 year sentence given to his brother levon dean junior were proper and appropriate. The judges rejected the brothers request for a new trial in the case. Traveling from South Sioux City to sioux city in april 20 13 to assault and rob two drug dealers. 3 burned breakfast is to blame for some terryfing moments in sloan yesterday morning. As two people had to jump from their apartment complex window to escape a fire. Our own siouxland News Reporter yet ska jetske wah ron wauran shows us whats being done to help those affected by the fire. 3 15 people are without a home after that firbroke out atat the prairie apartments right behind. And the sloan fire chief tells, the cause of the fire unattended cooking materials. richard moore, pastor at evangelical Covenant Church we saw flames coming out of the second story apartments. Firefighters battled the blaze that broke out at this apartment building, shortly before 10 am tuesday, in the 300th block of buckley street in sloan. slsln fire chief, Lee Blanchard it pretty much spread throughout the entire attic portion of the building. A woodbury first on the scene, to find smoke and flames, at the twostory apartment. Officials say the deputy helped the two occupants of the apartment buildingboth occupants jumped from the second floor window, trtrng to escape the flamesesi saw a couple of the residents that had jumped out of the second floor. They were loaded and sent off to Mercy Medical center as soon as our ambulance arrived on scene. Woodbury county sheriffs office, sloan, hornick, salix, sergeant bluff, whiting and moville fire departments, as well as Woodbury County Emergency Services and Emergency Services were all onon scene. And across the street, the evevgelical Covenant Church opened its door, teaming up with the american red cross, providing food and shelter to the community, and firefighters as well. Have the church ready for people to come in, go get blankets, go whatever clothes we could and have folks come in. Now the church is teaming up with a local retail shop. Its called kikis closet, where they will be providing all sorts of donations, clothes, blankets and so forth, for the families affected by this fire. Wauran, siouxland news. 3 a 50 foot humpback whale splashing around monday is big news in the nations smallest state. Rhode Island Harbor master ed hughes said he heard a colossal splash in nar uh gan set narragansett bay when he was making his rounds monday morning. The bay stretches about 25 miles from the Atlantic Ocean north toward providence. The capital city. Hughes said the whale was about halfway up when he saw it splashing around for about 45 minutes. Humpbacks arent supposed to be lingering around there this time of year. Like many new englanders. The humpback heads for warmer climates once the mercury begins to drop every year. 3 3 3 temperatures arent as cold as we will get later on this afternoon and evening when a cold front makes its way across the area. Ill have all the details next. 3 3 coming up. Iraqi forces are consolidating their gains after pushing isis o o of an important city. Well show you where they will head next. 3 youre watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob taylor3 3 weather on the ones, brought to you by Siouxland Federal Credit Union 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 3 heres what were talking about on facebook this morning. Iowa won the do you like your steak 3 cooked . 3 if youve already mastered that hoverboard you got for christmas. Theres Something Else you can look forward to. Karina mitchell is in new york with your c b s moneywatch. 3 oil prices rebounded and stocks got back on track tuesday. The dow w jumped almost 193 pointsthe nasdaq climbed d nearly 6767oints. macys i i recalling two frying pans after customers reported metal discs popping off causing bruises and burns in three cases. The 8 and 10 inch pans were included in a 10 piece Martha Stewart set that was some military bases. the Biotech Company rmerly headed by disgraced ceo Martin Shkreli is appealing a decision to delist the company from the nasdaq. San francisco based kalobios was notified of the move last week after shkrelis arrest on security fraud charges. Shkreli gained notoriety for hiking the price of a life saving drug from another of his companies by 5000 percent. and even though christmas just ssed, theres already talk about possiblele hot gifts for next year. How about a hoverboard that can fly . The 19 thousand dollar arca board is designed to glide a foot off the surface at 12 miles an hour for up to 6 minutes and begins shipping in april. thats your mw for more log on to cbs mw dot com. In ny im km3 3 3 tuesday an iraqi commander said its mostly calm in the city of ruh mod ee ramadi. Iraqi troops have the final push to retake the city came monday after weeks of preparation. As iraqi troops surrounded the town and cut off isis supply lines. C b s news correspondent Elizabeth Palmer takes a look. 3 then the moment of victory. For the First Time Since may, iraqs flag was hoisted over government buildings. For a week. Iraqi special forces led the fight to retake ramadi they won, thanks to better equipment, and more than 600 airstrikes by Coalition Planes on isis targets. But also because the iraqis have been learning on the job. In ferocious battles in tikrit and baiji earlier this year. They managed to pupu isis out. In ramadi. They did it withought major help from irregular shiiite militias. For these soldiers. Winning here was a big morale boost. Analyst juan zaratetheyre better trained and enabled in part through us and coalition partnershihi but they also have greatat will and capacity. The battle to retake ramadi important though it was is just a preamble for whats coming in 2016. On national television. Iraqs Prime Minister warnedn. Abadi on national tv off air we are coming to Liberate Mosul next and deal isis a fatal blow. Rst though, the government will have to repair the damage and restore services in ramadi to l le residents back and keep them loyaya so isis 3 stayon the run. Tag 3 news at sunrise. You know texting and driving is dangerous. But is texting and walking just as dangerous . Well show you a new study that says you should look before you type. 3 first alert weather with meteorologist cat taylor 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs 3 cell phone distraction turned deadly for a 33 year old indiana man. But he wasnt driving. He was on foot. Looking at an electronic device. Most likely a phone or camera. When he plunged off a coastal cliff in california. New Research Finds distracted walking is linked to thousands b s news transportation correspondent kris van cleave takes a look. 3 pkg take pkg in san diego investigators believe Joshua Burwell may have been trying to take a picture of the sunset when he e ok a fatal fall some 40 feet off Sunset Cliffs on to the rocks below lifeguard sgt. Bill bender. bender sot 28 he wasnt watching where he was walking and looking more down at the device. natsound distracted walking its a tragic example of a growing problem. People distracted by their phones or other devices like this woman seen on mall security cameras focused on her phone and walking straight into a fountain. Or this man talking on his phone and going right off the train platform. take gfx1 in a recent study, 7878of americans said distracted d lking is a serious issue. Another study found people using their phone while walking veered off course 61 of the time, and overshot their target 13 more when than when they were not distracted by their device. end gfx1 lajam sot 14 21 35 a lot of people dont admit that they do it. Dr. Claudette lajam is an orthopedic surgeon. lajam sot 14 21 21 its getting worse as we have more and more features on these devices that we carry around with us that can distract us take gfx2 . While the number of er visits for distracted walking injuries doubled between 2005 and 2010 to more than 1500, she believes the problem is actually much bigger. end gfx2 natsound dc or nyc streets but its not hard to spot on the street. kvc mos exchange only gave first name roxanne did nototant to g ge full name kvc 11 07 20 do you think the combination of t tting and walking is a good safe combo . roxanne 11 07 25 no absolutely not, just like biking and texting, driving and texting. take gfx3 researchers at ohio state found 21 to 25 are the most nearly 80 of the injuries stem from fallsestimating more than half occur at home. end gfx3 but we found kelly davis working away on her phone as she walked to lunch. kvc Kelly Exchange kvc 11 10 22 kelly have you ever had a moment where you walked in to something or fallen or kelly oh absolutely i walked in to a, um one of the very short like light posts 3 3 still to come. Still to come. 3 still to c ce. The teenagerwho spent two weeks on the run is headed back to texas this morning. Well capture in mexico. Youre watching siouxland news at 3 this qs siouxland news at sunrise on kmeg 14 3 good morning everyone,thanks for starting your morning with heller. And im meteorologist 3 cat taylor. 3 once the snow stops this morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means tonight will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high in the teens. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit lows. 3 the affluenza teen will be flown back to texas today. Now. As c b s news shows us. Ethan couch could face jail time for leaving the country after skipping a meeting with his probation officer. 3 pkg tue0474 the manhunt for ethan couch ended here monday evening, in the rundown neighborhood of t t mexicacaresort town of Puerto Vallarta tue0264 05 Authorities Say the 18year old and his mom, who changed their appearances, were caught after using a cell phone to order pizza. sot tue0111 56 id like for him to be held accountable 58 Tarrant County officials in texas are now waiting for the pair to return to the us. Couch had been on the run for weeks wed0406 3232after this video emerged on social media. It appears to show him at a party with drinking possibly violating his probation. Couch had been sen

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