Winter weather advisories are in effect for lincoln, lyon, osceola, dickinson, emmet, sioux, obrien, clay, palo alto, cherokee, buena vista, pocahontas, sac, calhoun counties this evening through sunday afternoon after quite the frigid morning temperatures did not climb very much for our saturday afternoon. Temperatures will be staying quite steady and really not dropping off this evening due to the cloud cover building in. The clouds are associated with our next weather maker that will come in the form of an upper level low pressure center. This will give us light snow this evening into the overnight hours. The snow will move in from nw to se and will be heavier off to the ne parts of siouxland. That is why the winter weathe advisory is in effect. Snow totals look to range from less than an inch for western parts of the viewing area, to one to two inches for central towns including sioux city, and 25 for the northern and eastern towns. Winds will also pick up which will cause some pat
Parts of 16 states will see temperatures below zero and windchills that make it feel a lot colder. Yes, its winter. Its february, its supposed to be cold, but as weve come to know cold snaps of this extreme can be deadly, and in this case tens of millions of people are bracing for the biggest chill so far this season. In a moment, al roker, but we begin with nbcs ron mott in boston. Reporter 65 million americans bundled up against the brutal cold as the ever present polar vortex unleashes winters harshest bite yet. The winds are like knifecutting into your friend. Reporter today the snow brought a burst of snow as far south as tennessee and the carolinas causing trouble for commuters. Commuters also stranded in new york where cold weather likely contributed to train delays during rush hour. In pennsylvania, a broken water pipe left this home frosted over, and in chicago florists are taking extra care with their valentines day deliveries. Its terrible for flowers. They are gone. Reporte
Their gender indentity. The Senate Education committee voted 4 to 2 on thursday to approve the measure and send it to the floor. Democrats have criticized the measure as discriminatory. South dakota lawmakers have killed a bill that would have repealed south dakotas Death Penalty. The bills main sponsor is republican senator arthur rusch of vermillion. On wednesday, the south Dakota Senate state Affairs Committee met to review the proposal. Rush is a former judge who has prosecuted a Death Penalty case. Rusch told the Committee Wednesday that hes seen firsthand how costly and hard it was on jurors and court personnel. The thing that i find so interesting is the parallel that were in a republican state thats predominantly prolife, said Chelsea Gilbertson of vermillion, south dakota. And so the second that you bring up the idea of the Death Penalty, people are no longer prolife. Theyre willing to take away the sanctity of life because somebody committed a crime. However, i think there ar
And continue the process of recovering. Employees remembered jon richter,r,he man who was killed the in the workplace shooting. They placed a memorial plaque in his honor at the entrance where the shooting took place. You could walk up and down the street, and i know people say this a lot when theres a tragedy, but i really mean this when i say this about jon; you could walk up and down t t street and you will not find a aerson in this commununy ththll have a bad thingngo say ababt that guy the ceo of sioux steel says the company is continuing to pay for counseling for employees. A bill up for debate at the state legislature, in pierre, is targeting people who are transgender. The bill proposes separate bathroom, and locker rooms, transgender students at south dakotatachools. Ivs tiffany lane hahareaction from lawmakers, anstudents. Anatomically different, i think is going to be a horrible affect on kids as far as bullying. Under the bill, schools must provide reasonable accommodations
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