Thanks to low gas prices. Its been the gift that keeps on giving all year. The National Average for gasoline has dropped below 2 dollars a gallon, triplea estimates drivers are saving about 550 dollars total this year. Experts attribute the current excess of crude oil and a fall in demand for the drop in fuel prices. Deborah if youve been procrastinating your Holiday Shopping, you may not be out of luck. Waiting until the last minute, could even benefit your bottom line. Mark ellwood, author bargain fever the sales this year are looking better are desperate to sell us things many stores are offering anywhere from 20 to 75 percent off already reduced prices today. Plus, because of the unseasonably warm sthe winter. Theres deep discounts on cold weather clothes and accessories. And if youve waited this long. Dont feel guilty. Only ten percent of americans have all of their Holiday Shopping done. Now, if you still need to ship gifts to your loved ones, be prepared to dig deep into your wa
Santa. Jenna good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im jenna rehnstrom. Tim is off. If youve ever been on the recieving end of a random act of kindness, however small. You know what a big impact that can make on your outlook. Well, here at abc9, we had a secret santa come to us with an idea. He handed over 3,000 and wanted us to help him give it away to strangers. So, we enlisted the help of some christmas elves from the Woodbury County Sheriffs Office, and what happened next is going to warm your heart this holiday season. Take a look woman says, holy buckets woman cries. Says, thank you so much woman shouts excitedly, thank you armed with envelopes filled with 200 cash, each, we got to fufill an anonymous donors Christmas Wish give this money, and a little goodwill, to 15 unsuspecting siouxlanders. Deputies from the Woodbury County Sheriffs Office drove us around and helped spot some folks they could tell needed a little holiday cheer. Deputy jim mccrystal says, were just
His mother. Shirley lemm of wisner. Tells the omaha worldherald that after graduating from beemer in 1989. Lemm joined the air force. Then eventually became a new York City Police officer. After the september 11th terrorist attacks. Lemm joined the air force reserves. He was servininhis secoco deployment to afghanistan. 3 3 a high speed chase crossed the border from nebraska into iowa this morning. Just after 11am. Police in dakota county, nebraska began chasing a reckless driver in a black s u v. That chase eventually wound through south sioux city. Across the vets bridge. And onto wesley parkway before ending with vehicle stopping at west 3rd and perry. The occupant ran. At this time. He has not been located. 3 3 sioux city fire rescue is honoring the memory of the citys first female firefighter. Jeanne jeanee vakulskas vuhkulskus joined the department in 1985. And retired on her 55th birthday in 2007. She passed away sunday at her home. Her fellow firefighters remember her as one of
Popping up in Plymouth County. Health officials there. Say they have 4 confirmed cases of the illness. And they expect that number to rise. Johnson county is still recovering from the largest mumps outbreak since 2006. And now Health Officials in Plymouth County are also battling the airborne virus we have four confirmed cases and several probably cases in Plymouth County, said tara geddes Community Health manager at Floyd Valley Hospital mumps is caused by a virus. And spreads through saliva droplets. Going from one person to the next. Through sneezing, coughing or even talking. Symptoms include. Fever, headace, and the biggest indicator. Swolle n salivary glands under the jaw. Community health manager. At Floyd Valley Hospital. Tara geddes says getting vaccinated is your best line of defense. This is our mmr vaccine. We reccommend giving it at 12 months of age and again when a child is 46 years old they get a booster dose before they go to school, said tara geddes Community Health ma