saturday" helps support local business owners and their families. each business provides something special to siouxland. >> pierce street coffee works is another siouxland shop that benefits from "small business saturday." 21 years ago ron johns helped open the coffee because he felt like sioux city needed a good coffee house. he says throughout the shop's years-- itit always had great support from m local customers. "i think because it's a small business you know mom and pop kind of thing that the community can come to and support the employees that work here things like that i just think it's a great place to hang out," said pierce street coffee works owner, ron johns. pierce street coffee works serves breakfast and lunch 7 days a week. johns says every walk of life comes in and the doors and he loves that anybody can tiffany? thanks, tommie. another cool day but that's not the biggest of our issues. a winter storm could be headed our way. chief meteorologis t ron demers has the details. your 7-day forecast is coming up in 10 minutes winter storm watch for all of siouxland sunday night through tuesday temperatures today were still below average but at least it wasn't quite as cold as yesterday when highs wewe only in the low to o mid 20s. c cuds will be moving in again on sunday and we could even see a slight chance of some flakes of snow by later in the afternoon as a storm system will be moving into siouxland. things get more interesting sunday night as a mix could start coming down in southern siouxland with light snow beginning to fall farther north. snow then overtakes the region monday with moderate to heavy snow possible at times with over a half foot possible for many of siouxland kids look forward to sitting on santa's lap all year and today they got that chance. sioux city parks and recreation hosted their 12th annual breakfast with santa event this morning. they kicked off the holiday season witit one of the first opportunities to see santa claus. the fun, festive event also included a pancake breakfast, crafts, and cookie decorating. "it's a little bit different environment instead of just meetin santa claus. you get the whole experience with breakfast, we got christmas music playing, we got elves running around doing face painting-- it's something unique to sioux city," said sioux city recreation supervisor for parks and recreation, eric griffith. while there kids could not only visit with santa, but also with his elves and mrs. claus. "today is breakfast with santa and we come all the way from the north pole just to see these kids and get them psyched up for christmas!" said mrs. claus. mrs. claus says santa will be looking over all the kids in siouxland this holiday season. while at breakfast with santa, kids got to tell him what they want for christmas. lilly riker told santa she has 100 things on her christmas list. she wants panther clothes and star lilly. when we asked lilly and her little brother, alex, why seeing santa is so fun-- they had some good reasons. "because he gives us all the toys and he gives us when we don't even have to pay money," said 6-year-old, lilly riker. "because he gives us presents...papa troes and minecraft legos, a big, big dinosaur," said 5-year-old, alex riker. when asked if she's been a good girl this year, lilly and in celebration of the holidays a hotel is offering free stays for those visiting the sick. a council bluffs hotel is offeringhgree rooms over the thanksgiving weekend. this is for people in town to see a family member or friend at a hospital or treatment facility. the fairfield inn & suites participates in a program called rooms in the inn, according to the omaha world-herald. the hotel will also offer free rooms on christmas and christmas eve. just nearby, lawmakers are looking for new ways to draw national and international tourists to nebraska. the legislature's appropriations committee will hold a hearing tuesday at the capitol to discuss funding options for state tourism sites. the hearing will look at what other states have done to attract more tourists and promote economic development. senators also want to see which tourism sites provide the biggest economic benefit to the state. south dakota's higher education board is looking at whether to six public universities. the south dakota board of regents will address the issue wednesday at its meeting at black hills state university in spearfish, according to the argus leader. along with sporting events, the change could include performing arts venues and other special events. opponents say allowing alcohol sales on campus could encourage binge drinking and create additional problems for the schools and the cities where they're located. a south dakota board is putting together new rules to allow police officers and emergency personnel to carry an opiate overdose antidote to help fight drug deaths. the south dakota board of medical and osteopathic examiners will meet thursday in sioux falls for a public hearing, according to the argus leader. 32 people died in south dakota of opioid overdoses in 2013. the state medical board is in charge of establishing rules about training and about getting responders access to the antidote. for many stores around the country, black friday has come to a wrap.... but how did sales compare to previous years?...find out coming up. winter storm watch for all of siouxland sunday night through tuesday highs were only in the low to mid 20s. clouds will be moving in again on sunday and we could even see a slight chance of some flakes of snow by later in the afternoon as a storm system will be moving into siouxland. things get more interesting sunday night as a start coming down in southern siouxland with light snow beginning to fall farther north. snow then overtakes the region monday with moderate to heavy snow possible at times with over a half foot possible for many of us. we could see some light snow linger into tuesday as the system moves away from siouxland. we'll then with drier conditions for late siouxlanders filed in to local stores to find thth top black friday deals... stores share what the top items left the shelves fastest. and with the black friday sales starting on thursday, find out how sales went nationwide in black friday shopping, stores throughout siouxland had people entering their doors to snag the holiday deals. registers were in full force at multiple sioux city stores. with all the different types of itememoffered black friday, some items are more fast "any tv right now, we have a 49-inch toshiba," said jonathan hanson, an employee at the best buy in sioux city. "that was the hottest selling one. but any tv, power beats as well, they've been flying off the shelf." "well diamond stud earrings are always famous on black friday," said "and also we sold a lot of luggage, pillows, crock pots and electronics in the houseware department." one best buy employee calald black friday shopping "organized chaos" as he says they were able to get many customers in and out of the door efficiently. the store is offering its black friday details through tonight. millions of americans hit the malls nationwide for black friday... hoping to take advantage of those amazing deals. but it simply isn't the bonanza for retailers that it was just a few years ago. so, is black friday dead? nbc's olivia sterns has the answer. all the markers of a great black friday. i'm probably gonna look around and some toys we're gonna shop until we fall. so why are experts saying this black s/kathy allen/spokesperson some of those factors that go into shopping on black friday of course have a lot to do with what the weather is that dadaand even at the deals are on-line or even in store well, black friday has turned into black november americans are shopping earlier... taking the punch out of friday's numbers. s/jill gonzalez/analyst wallet hub absolutely, since so many of these deals have been opened to the public since the beginning of november, mother nature also didn't help. just look at this weather map (show map) - gorgeous on both coasts with ice storms and snow in the midwest - all plenty of reason to keep shoppers away from the mall. shopping as shopping more at home. s/mickey mericle/adobe they're using their desktops and they're using their mobile devices to take advantage of the offers the retailers are giving. purchases are up fourteen percent this those purchases made on a smart phone or tablet. friday that may have many retailers... seeing red. >> but it's not over yet. cyber starts now. yes, just like black friday deals started way before thanksgiving, many retailers are offering cyber monday deals through the entire weekend. sam curtiss filling in for mark freund today. mornginside back in action after that thriller last week. mustangs have been in the quarterfinals 10 of the last 12 years. their focus set on tabor college this week. a trip to the naia semifinals on the line. a place the mustangs have been a lot in recent years. big-play highlights in just a second. paul rhoads coachihi in his last game at t wa state facing west virginia. we'll show you if his players sent him out with exexct their team to make it this far. 10 of the last 12 years they've played in the naia quaterfinals. three of the last four years into the semifinals. only thing in their way of that - eighth ranked tabor college of kansas. mustangs survived a four-overtime game last week. 6-0 mustang lead in the first - tyler kavan looks to add to that -oh no - fumbles the ball - it wouldn't cost them ough. same score in the second now - ryan kasdorf to connor niles - 46ards - one of two kasdorf td's -13-0 mustangs. later in the second quarter - tyler kavan n unces outside and follows all his blockers - for a 13- yard score making it 20-0. third quarter now - 31-0 - handoff to austin ebertowski - he's got some horsepower - 29 yard score and the route is on. kavan again - he rushed for 100 yards and adds his second d ore here. morningside into the naia semifinals with a 51-6 clobbering of tabor college. "it felt good getting back on track after last week," said tyler kavan. "not being exactly where we wanted to be on both offense and defense but finally getting back on track playing like we usually do." "a lot more experienced on defense," said steve ryan, morningside head coach. "last year we were playing at this time of the year with all freshman kind of in the secondary. on offense i think we've got a lot of weapons. last year we were very heavy on brandon wegher and devin thomas. at this point of the year devin was out and we were very brandon oriented so i think we got a lot more guys that can do things." morningside will host southern oregon next weekend. paul rhoads coaching in his last game at iowa state - on the road in west virgina. not the start you want hoping to send coach out on a win - joel lanning's throw is undercut and picked off. and that led to the first points of the game - shelton gibson catches it and does the rest - five guys with a chance to tackle him 7-0. this a real bright spot for the cyclones - freshman runing back mike warren - led all freshman in the nation in rushing yards, had 74, finished with 1,339 on the seaosn. but iowa state, not going to send coach or seniors out with a win. mountaineers beat the cyclones 30-6 the final. division i fcs playoffs - south dakota state on the road againstst montana. jackrabbits in a big hole - downn 24 in the third - tyran christion to j je wieneke over the middle - that would setup a jackrabbit field goal. south dakota state driving again - christion to again - 36 yards - spectacular grab out at the one. then a few plays later - christion runs it in - jackrabbits on the comeback - they'r score 17 unanswerd. but montana is able to run out the clock - too steep a hole to climb out. grizzlies win 24-17 the final. northern iowa alsosolaying right now. they're h hting eastern illinois. panthers trailed 7-0 after one quarter then exploded in the second for a 23-point outburst. tyvis smith with 52 yards rushing and a touchdown. panthers forced two first half turnovers as well. highlights tonight at 10. last night iowa took care of bubuness beating nebraska, 28- 20. doing g , they became the first 12-0 team in school history. offensively the hawkeyes used the legs of jordan canzeri - 140 yards and two scores. defensively, iowa picked off tommy armstrongfou r times. going into yesterdays game, iowa was fourth in the college football playoff rankings. "just really excited about getting the victory and really happy for our players," said kirk ferentz. "i just told them, i'm not really sure what to say casue i've never been around a team that's 12-0 so a little speechless on that. it's just an unbelieveable acomplishment." "guys like cowherd saying we won't beat nebraska, that's exciting," said c.j. beathard. "i was like okay, we beat nebraska." with michigan state winning today, that's who iowa will play in the big ten championship if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economy and democracy thatatorks for all there's more coming up on news four at ten this saturday. details on the colorado springs gunman who stormed into a planand parenthood building friday ... killing 3 ... in a standoff that lasted five hours. we take a look into the suspect and how police are investigating about his motive. tonight: snow shower south? low: 24 wind: light tomorrow: late day light snow? 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