Officials at Mercy Medical center say their security staff was alerted about the situation, and they called sioux city police. A Pretrial Hearing is set for march 2016. A judge has declared a mistrial in the case of a woman charged following an arsonrelated fire. 28year old Cassie Zoubek was set to stand trial on charges of witness tampering stemming from a felony Second Degree arson conviction after zoubek was sentenced to 10 to 12 years in prison in july. Zoubek pleaded guilty for her role in burning down a mobile home, in norfolk, in october 2014. On the witness tampering charge, zoubek is accused of asking a whereabouts on the night the mobile home was set on fire. Today, a judge declared a mistrial after three of the jurors selected for the 12person jury declared business and personal conflicts that could interfere with a potential trial. A new jury will be selected and a new trial date is expected to be set for december. matt wee going to be seeing some snow very soon in siouxland. But how much . sheila for that, well toss it over to chief meteorologis t ron demers for the first look at our forecast. Weather adlib wind advisory in effect thursday 8 am until 6 pm winter storm watch in effect friday for central siouxland it was another day of rain across siouxland with even some snow mixing in for some locations, especially to the east of sioux city. As this system exits, the wind is going to become gusty and a wind advisory has been issued for thursday for most of the ktiv viewing area with winds gusting over 40 Miles Per Hour but at least well see the sun . The clearing will be shortlived as our next storm system moves in on friday with good chances of snow. Tonight, an inside look at one correctional facilities. Ktivs Sheila Brummer with the details from springfield, south dakota site of the mike durfee state prison. Home to many programs. Those incarerated can learn to read and take classs torward completing their ged. Theres Vocational Education classes in trades such as welding, auto body, mechanics and landscaping. Clip 1 12 24 a lot of guys havent had a scene of accomplishment and getting their ged a lot of times they havent had something positive like that in their life, said jennifer stanwick. Plus, treatments available for those with drug and alcohol issues as well as sex offenders. Many of the inmates hold down jobs, where they receive twentyfive cents an hour doing everything from garmet making, tshirt screening and building houses. 1 49 clip 1 they are all learning skills and looking forward to giving back to the communities where they came from, said deputy warden jennifer stanwick. The goal for those in charge at the prison say they want to prepare the inmates here for life outside of these prison walls. In springfield, south dakota with chief photographer jordan ogren, Sheila Brummer ktiv news 4. The prisoners also take part in a special Dog Training Program with noahs hope, a rescue group from sioux city. Tomorrow night. On news 4 youll meet the canines getting handson help from inmates through two different programs. Well feature the First Program hounds of hope tomorrow night on ktiv news 4. Still to come. Many of you will travel this holiday season. No matter how far you go, you keep an eye on gas prices. Theyre headed down. Wind advisory in effect thursday 8 am until 6 pm winter storm watch in effect friday for central siouxland it was another day of rain across siouxland with even some snow mixing in for some locations, especially to the east of sioux city. As this system exits, the wind is going to become gusty and a wind advisory has been issued for thursday for most of the ktiv viewing area with winds gusting over 40 Miles Per Hour but at least well see the sun . The clearing will be shortlived as our next storm system moves in on friday with good chances of snow. Exact amounts will still vary but we could see 36 inches in some places with central siouxland under a winter storm watch for the day on friday as the snow would develop in the morning and then move out by friday evening. Skies will become brighter for the weekend but it will be feeling like winter with highs only in the 20s and the details on the keystone xl pipeline after transcanada withdrew its transcanada has withdrawn its application for route approval for the Keystone Xl Oil pipeline through nebraska, but a Spokesman Says the Company Reserves the right to reapply. The company made the announcement today, ahead of tomorrows scheduled appearance before the Nebraska Public Service commission for a planning conference. Before president obama rejected a federal permit for the project earlier this month, nebraska had been a stumbling block because of lawsuits filed by landowners and environmental groups. A company Spokesman Says transcanada may reapply in the future and is still committed to completing the pipeline. Oil prices are falling again, and drivers may benefit at the pump. The price for a barrel of crude dropped below 40 dollars today for the First Time Since august. Oil prices have fallen 14 percent this month alone. Experts blame the drop on a massive supply glut from opec nations, as well as Us Oil Production growth and a strong dollar. The low oil prices should mean good news for us drivers enjoying gas prices hovering around or below two dollars a gallon. The price of regular unleaded gasoline in iowa dropped 12 cents to close the week at 2. 18 per gallon. Prices are only slightly higher in neighboring nebraska and south dakota. Fresh off his endorsement of republican president ial candidate ted cruz, western iowa congressman steve king will campaign for the texas senator, in sioux city, on friday. Both king and cruz will headline an event, on the Briar Cliff University campus, Campaign Stops at the Stark Student Center at 10 oclock. Dr. Ben carson will also campaign in northwest iowa on friday. Hell hold a rally at the airport, in spencer, iowa, at 3 30 friday afternoon. Doors open at 2 30pm. Brads here with more state football previews. Spirit lake will play for their second championship in four years, while western Christians Young program is in the big game for the first time. Well hear from both teams. And, iowas kirk ferentz talks about the playoff rankings, which has the hawkeyes on the outside, looking in. The son of a polish immigrant who grew up in a brooklyn tenement. He went to public schools, then college, where the work of his life began fighting injustice and inequality, speaking truth to power. He moved to vermont, in congress, he stood up for working families and for principle, opposing the iraq war, supporting veterans. Now hes taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions, tackling Climate Change to create cleanenergy jobs, fighting for living wages, equal pay, and tuitionfree public colleges. People are sick and tired of establishment politics, and they want real change [ cheers and applause ] Bernie Sanders husband, father, grandfather, an honest leader building a movement with you to give us a future to believe in. Northwest iowa could have as many as four state football champions by the end of the week. We heard from mmc and akronwestfield last night they play on thursday. Western christian and spirit lake play in their title games on friday. The first game on friday has western christian taking on iowa city regina in class 1a at 11 00 am. Its the first championship game for the eightranked wolfpack. Regina has won five straight state titles thats an iowa state record and have won 81 of their last 83 games. Western christian just started playing varsity football in 2 thousand4, so their program has come a long way. We knew as a program, especially football, you dont just all of a sudden get good, said western christian head coach travis kooima. It takes a bunch of what we did. Weve taken a bunch of small steps over the past 12 years. Again, a testament to our players, our coaches, for just buying in. It would be huge for our school, our program and just everyone who has fought for this program to get it going, said western christian sophomore ben granstra. The 2a title Game Features spirit lake against mount vernon at 2 oclock. The secondranked indians are undefeated, at 13 and 0. Ninthranked mount vernon has three titles, the last coming in 1994. Spirit lake won their only title in 2012, when the current seniors were in ninth grade. As of right now, its just a great feeling to get back there, said spirit lake senior logan backhaus. We were just little freshman running up and down the sidelines four years ago when we won it. Were just looking to do the same thing those guys did. We really look up to them. We just need to continue to focus on getting better, said spirit lake head coach josh bolluyt. We have an opportunity to come down here and play a game. The focus will be on us and what we need to do to get better this week. Sports fource will be in cedar falls for all the title games, starting with mmc and Akron Westfield on thursday. Only keeping an eye on the ap poll, where theyre sixth, but on the playoff rankings. At 10 and 0, iowa will likely make the four team playoff if they finish the season unbeaten. The hawkeyes stayed at number five in the new playoff list. Iowa is one of four unbeaten teams in the top six. The top four are clemson, alabama, ohio state and notre dame. If iowa keeps winning, the rankings will take care of themselves. We have an opportunity to go 70 in the big ten, which would be significant and 70 in kinnick, which has only done once before. Thats certainly important, said iowa head coach kirk ferentz. The other thing is a chance to grab a share of the west title. Iowa plays 28 purdue play at 11 am saturday on espn 2. The hawkeyes are 21point favorites. Northwestern colleges karlie schut has been named the gpac player of the year. The senior from des moines led the conference with 469 kills. Schut was also seventh in hitting percentage and 15th in ace serves. The raiders finished the season ranked 21st in the naia rankings, at 24 and 8. The gpac basketball season tips off tonight with some great matchups. In womens play, which started at 6 oclock number1 morningside goes to mount marty seventhranked briar cliff is home against dakota wesleyan. In mens action, which starts at 8 oclock, number9 briar cliff hosts 24 dakota wesleyan and the 13thranked dordt guys host their arch rivals from northwestern , who are receiving votes in the naia poll. Well have highlights and scores at ten. Jake arrietta of the cubs wins houstons da americas never been a country of quitters. Its not who we are. We dont ignore threats like Climate Change. We face our problems headon. With americanmade clean energy, we can end our dependence on foreign oil. Spark new innovation. And create millions of new jobs. Solving our Climate Crisis starts with 50 clean energy by 2030. So, what are we waiting for . Starts at 7 followed by law order special victims unit at 8 and chicago p. D. Then tonight on news four at ten. The debate over whether or not to welcome Syrian Refugees into the states continues. Tonight, well hear from local law makers about their stance regarding the refugees. A florida couple and a friend had a most uninvited guest join them for a picnic. While they were taking pictures an alligator strolled up to the picnic sandwich. A bystander managed to get video. After the gator finished eating everyone managed to shoo the reptile back into the lake. Experts say everyone at the scene did the right thing for the most part, by not trying to rescue their lunch and let the gator have what it wanted. Tonight clearing skies. Low tomorrow mostly sunny and very windy high 44 wind w 2035 mph thanks for joining us tonight. Charlie sh more exes emerge. Were they blindsided by his hiv revelation . We have them speaking out tonight. Its whats coming up right now on entertainment tonight. You didnt fully come out with the full truth. Have you been tested . Did charlie lie to have unprotected sex . Our exclusive with one w and her lawyer. Is she taking legal action . I think hes in a heap of trouble. As sheens exfiancee gets confronted after her fiery rage. Expose hiv for a year and a half. His former costar Heather Locklear reaching ow and what im here for one. And one d, bieber, two albums, e. T. Sitdowns. Ive been having a lot of cries lately. Plus you want to make me cry . Oprah looking back. Oh, mygod her new secrets. Have you ever told that story . No, but maybe ill tell it nancy. Now in our 35th season, this is entertainment tonight. Charlie sheen made headlines with his hiv announcem now his exes are making their voices heard. There aretears. There is fury. And, yes,support. Were hearing from all sides tonight starting with my exclusive conversation with Earvin Magic Johnson who has been living with hiv for nearly a quarter century. You sent out a tweet yesterday to charlie sheen. What do you hope he does . Well, first of all, i want him to have long life. Announced, almost 25 years, 2 ago, there was only one drug. Now theres over 30