support scholarshihi for siouxland students. 3 3 bishop heelan held a staff appreciation luncheon as part of the catholic schools week.the school honored 24 teachers at the luncheon... including mary kay augustine who has been a high school english teacher at heelan for 35 years. she says despite the many years she's been at heelan... she still enjoys coming to work each day. 3 "i am a heelan grad and it's like coming back home. you have families that you've gone to school with. you have now children's children. i'm into the third generation."augustine has taught for a total of 40 years and says her passion comes from her students. 3 iowa congressman steve king says he regrets his role in the controversy over ted cruz's campaign implying that ben carson planned to drop out of the race during monday's caucuses and asking campaign volunteers to pass that rumor on to carson supporters.king put out a series of tweets monday night after c- n- n reported carson's campaign would not travel to new hampshire or south carolina immediately after the caucuses suggesting carson was leaving the ra

graduated from bishop heelan high school in 2001. at the age of 18, he decided to go into the field of orthopedics. "i did have a knee injury and it was an educational experience and that kind of got my interest a bit and i got into med school." after medical school at the residency followed at the university of kansas, then a year-long fellowship at a prestigious institute in new york city. but, dr. althaus always knew he wanted to be back in the midwest. (good sot) :41 "the stars aligned. my wife's also from sioux city. we have two young kids and it's a great area to raise a family and come back and practice medicine. nat snd "i enjoy working with the big joints." dr. alhaus specializes helping people with everything from sports injures to shoulder, knee and hip procedures and replacements. 11:05 "you see them when they're essentially almost incapacitated. you can perform surgery. watch them recover. it is nice." and, his co-workers also are impressed with his bedside manner. 1:21 "very personable, very good with his patients. very willing to listen to their concerns and provide trea

regional title. 3 le mars and heelan might see each other in that playoff. but first they squared off in the ice cream capital of the 3 3 3 3 with record of 7 and 8 and 7 and 10 respectively it's safe to say the heelan and lemars girls basketball teams haven't had the seasons they would have liked. but there's still regional tournaments ahead.and anything can happen if you heat up in time for the playoffs the two teams squared off in the ice cream capital of the world tonight. 1) first quarter it's 3-zip heelan off the missed three grace hanno she's fouled but missed the free throw. it's 3-2. 2) back come the bulldogs sidney baumgartner with the drive! it's good! bulldogs up early. 3) and here they extend it. they go down low to madison dreckman who gets the friendly roll!4) so it was 9-3 le mars. and the crusaders came back. working the ball around it ends with a three from taylor ferguson! 9-6.5) more threes from the crusaders. megan bowl- you! that's good! we are tied at 9!heelan goes on to win 49-36. 3 these two will have a chance to see each other again in the regionals although it'

their chances. 3 and west and heelan match up in a battle of teams looking to return to prominence before regional play begins. chris is 3 3 both heelan and west were ranked in the ighsau girls basketball polls early this season. both have dropped out of those rankings since and looked to get back on track just days before regionals begin.it would be a 7th straight victory for west.1) late first half now west is up big. now they're up even bigger! the three by brianna moore is good it's 36-14 wolverines!2) persistence paid misses madi jensen cleans up around the rim and hits the layin.3) back comes heelan carlie long finds grace hanno who stops and pops! that's good!4) but just too much west. spinneration from maddy casillas to rachel knutsen cobold back to jensen. west is undefeated in the missouri 71-40. 3 new rankings are out and sbl sneaks in at number 15. hosting north tonight on parents night!1) off the opening tip merrin van valzen with the drive. she gets the friendly warrior role!2) back comes north this is jayda graham with the jumper. that's good! they're down 6-2. 3) sb

? still to come... bishop heelan is one step closer to beginning construction on phase two of the school renovations... which includes a once we got through the morning clouds, much of siouxland got to finally enjoy a little bit of sunshine with highs staying above average in the 30s and 40s. the steady north breeze that we felt today will stay with us tonight and tomorrow as well and then it becomes windy on thursday. we'll see more clouds move in during the day on wednesday which could give us a chance of a late day mix that could linger into the nighttime hours as well. thursday is likely to be highs in the mid 30s. then we'll see some nice warming from friday into saturday as move from the 40s into the 50s briefly. sunday turns a little cooler and will give us another slight chance of a light (matt) mouthwatering meals were tempting tastebuds at the siouxland center for active generations. ktiv's own t.j. springer was there taste testing some of the food featured during "cruise week." the "cruise ship" set sail to greece to judge some of the delicous breads, appetizers, and de

fource extra. along with mark freund, i'm brad pautsch. we have metro basketball games from heelan, dakota valley -- and the east boys take on a top-five team in sioux falls. wrestling teams try to qualify for next week's state tournament. plus, a super bowl winner from siouxland gives back to his high school. we'll start in sioux city. it's a busy week for the girls teams at north and bishop heelan. both lost to ranked teams last night and were right back on the floor tonight. the crusaders beat the stars by just three points, three weeks ago. both teams went on big runs in the first half. north started well -- the pressure defense leads to a steal by jayda graham-peterson -- who takes it -- all to an 11-3 lead. but heelan scores 8 straight points -- lexi stolen with the 3-pointer. we're all tied at 21 at the half. north doesn't back down -- maycean scheueth -- with the stop and go drive for 2. but the stars offense would stall late. the crusaders pull away in the fourth. megan beaulieu with the triple. bishop heelan downs north 63-40. the dakota valley boys, ranked fifth in one s

support scholarships for siouxland 3 3 bishop heelan held a staff appreciation luncheon as part of the catholic schools week.the school honored 24 teachers at the luncheon... including mary kay augustine who has been a high school english teacher at heelan for 35 years. she says despite the many years she's been at heelan... she still enjoys coming to work each day. 3 "i am a heelan grad and it's like coming back home. you have families that you've gone to school with. you have now their children. you have their children's children. i'm into the third generation."augustine has taught for a total of 40 years and says her passion comes from her students. 3 3 kayla... parts of siouxland saw some more light snow this afternoon... but thankfully it adding to our weekly snow pile. do we have any more 3 iowa congressman steve king says he regrets his role in the controversy over ted cruz's campaign implying that ben carson planned to drop out of the race during monday's caucuses and asking campaign volunteers to pass that rumor on to carson supporters.king put out a series of tweets monday ni

bishop heelan catholic supporters of the bishop heelan catholic schools have more than a million reasons to be thankful, tonight. (matt) 1951 heelan graduate donald gill bequeathed 1-point-4 million dollars to the schools. the bulk of gill's estate will help fund the construction of the academic wing and gymnasium addition for the new bishop heelan high school. the remaining funds will be endowed for college scholarships. the gift will be used for the high school's library and media center. when the project is completed, the library will be named after donald gill's mother, mary, and be known as the "mary l. gill library and media center." the proposed half-cent sales tax hike that would help fund republican governor dennis daugaard's plan to raise teacher pay has survived a difficult political test. house lawmakers voted 47 to 21 to approve the bill, meeting the two-thirds requirement to pass through the house. it now heads to the senate. most of the proposed tax increase would go toward would go to property tax relief. south dakota governor dennis daugaard plans to meet with a

construction of a new building.bishop heelan is looking to build a new main classroom building... and they're now a lot closer to paying for it. 3 3 the estate of john gill.. a longtime iron worker... is donating 1 point 4 million dollars to the school. 3 roughly one million dollars of that will help pay for the new building. the rest will endow a science scholarship for students looking to enter the health field. heelan's fundraising chief says gill... a 1951 graduate... expressed a desire to name a library for his mother mary... so the new library and media center at heelan will bear mary gill's name. the new classrooms are phase 2 of heelan's new construction plans... and will add- on to the new fine arts building that opened in 2014. 3 police in holt county, weekend stabbing that left one woman dead and a man hospitalized.the o'neill polili department says it responded to a home for a reported knife injury just before 9 saturday night.two people were taken by ambulance to the hospital in o'neill... where a 37- year- old hispanic woman... was pronounced dead.a 37- year- old hispanic *man*

building. the estate of john gill is donating $1.4 million to bishop heelan high school. roughly $1 million will help pay for the new building. the rest will endow a science scholarship for students looking to enter the health field. heelan's fundraising chief said gill, a 1951 graduate, expressed a desire to name a library for his mother mary. the new library at heelan will bear mary heelan's name. there are two new construction plans and it will add onto the new fine arts building that opened in 2014. >>> the sioux city air and transportation museum is combining history with the technology of the 21st century. it's using a new qr code system most of the items on display. this app is compatible with iphones and android devices. the museum also has tablets available for checkout to anyone who is visiting that museum. and may transition into a wintry mix by tuesday morning. overnight >>> fog and clouds were certainly or dominant weather features throughout the day even -- our dominant weather features throughout the day even though we saw it working into the 40s this time of year. it

mix that could linger intthe nighttime hours as well. thanks. supporters of the bishop heelan catholic schools are one step closer to beginning construction on phase two of the renovations. phase two of bishop heelan's renovation project will encompass a new gymnasium, science labs and a media center. the 10-million dollar project will be adjacent to the new fine arts center completed in august of 2014. no date e s been set for the start of phase two. bishop heelan recently received grant from bishop heelan alum donald gill toward the construction. the remaining funds will be endowed for college scholarships. one year ago, today, a sioux city couple's lives changed forever. jeremy and lisa cotter learned that one of the twin girls that lisa was carrying had died. an emergency c-section followed. and, so did the grief of their loss. but, the cotters turned that grief into an act of generosity. today, they donated a "cuddle cot" to unitypoint health st. luke's. nurses in the hospitals labor and delivery unit say the "cuddle cot" gives the gift of time to grieving parents. "it's actually

life. the bishop heelan catholic schools are one step closer to beginning construction on phase two of the new high school building. the 10-million dollar project will be adjacent to the fine arts center completed in august of 2014. no date has been set for the heelan recently received at $1.4 million gift from 1951 bishop heelan alum donald gill. one nebraska principal had to pucker up after promising his students he'd kiss a pig if they met their reading goal. they did! norfolk catholic elementary school principal bill lafleur challenged his students to a reading incentive last month. they exceeded all expectations, so today principal lafleur puckered up to the pig. (sheila) still to come... what's a bigger distraction while driving... applying make-up while driving, or driving while ur angry? the answer migig surprise you. stick around for "healthbeat (sheila) iowa gets approval to move forward with the privitization of medicaid starting on april 1st. (matt) the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services postponed the state's original plan start managed re at the beginnin

nebraska's capital city. and, moc-floyd valley and bishop heelan clash in a district final. buying a home can be a huge undertaking. how one company in ohio is helping its employees travel the path to home ownership. and one washington state couple recently tied ththknot in an airplane. we'll l ow you their sky high wedding. ranked first in nebraska's class a. the cardinals only loss was at a tournament in florida -- they're undefeated against nebraska teams. south sioux trying to get back to the state tournament -- taking on 14-10 lincoln northeast. the cardinals trying to get back to state for the 21st time. south sioux down 5 in the third augusta thramer with the deflection, haley fritza misses once, but not twice. it's tied at 40. (down in front). thramer making things happen -- the dish to ashley hohenstein for the layin. cards take the lead late in the third. then, thramer saves it -- it goes back out to mckenna sims for 3 -- south sioux doing the little things right. the rockets hustle, but they save it right to sims for two more. south sioux is going back to state, 69-57. the

, strong to the rack for the finger roll, heelan up 10-6. quarter though, noah mcwell...a one man fast break...west led it in the second, deandre burnside finds jack boever ...heelan gets then burnside, for the crusaders, he paint for the layup, crusaders heading back the other way the eurostep to the rim...we're all tied up at 22 and it would be tight throughout. but heelan just a tonight...burnside hits the three and alex sb-l looking for their fifth win in six games hosting north on senior night. those fellas want our jobs chris. opening minutes....jacob shultz sets up in the corner and cans the three ball.....warriors on the scoreboard first.... jailen billings matching blows.....he connects from the top of the key....north out to the early 8-5 lead...... and billings was sharing the rock as well....kenan naj- dawi......collects his own miss and scores the deuce......stars still on top.... but sb-l was hungry on its home court...shultz again from deep....warriors hold on 55-52. alex over the past ten seasons, the siouxland conference has been home to seven boys state basketball cha

and east s sys alive, 62 to 61 er north in class 4a -- bishop heelan faces off against denison-schleswig at home. early on, the monarchs make a play as jacqueline ingram gets the offensive board and the put back, denison-schleswig takes a two point lead. bishop heelan quickly answers - taylor ferguson drives and she throws up a shot, crusaders down one. later, denison attacks on the fast break, ingram is left wide open, and she makes the easy bucket to put the monarchs up three. but heelan pulls away, as kierrah llanosets the offensive rebound and she es up strong for the the monarchs, 66 to 40. four siouxland teams were competing at the iowa dual wrestling tournament in des moines. sgt. bluff-luton was one of eight teams in the class 2a tourney, while westwood, sibley- ocheyedan and logan- magnolia were all in the 1a field. fifth-seeded sibley- ocheyedan was the only siouxland school to win in round one. the generals beat logan- magnolia, 36-32, but then lost to top-seeded lisbon in the semifinals here, 50 to 22. sibley-ocheyedan beat second-seeded don bosco in the consolation

visited a heelan team looking to get back to 500the crusaders coming off a loss to west here in the pit thursday.1) 1st quarter now cardinals with a slight lead. haley fritza drives and shoots! makes it 6-2 cardinals. 2) and then fritza finds augusta traymer who gets the friendly pit roll! south sioux out to a 10-2 lead.3) heelan needed points and they'll take all three of these. lexie stolen from downtown!4) now check out this pretty play from carissa powell. mckenna sims finds her underneath and she goes up and under for the basket! 5) heelan coming back. her own. but south sioux would go on to win 68-45. 3 let's dab over to north sioux. north is winners of two of their last three including a one point loss to number 15 sbl. dakota valley is 13-3.1) late first half now panthers by 8. haley hoffman goes high off the glass for two.2) then just before the end of the half off the steal by anna rasmussen it's hoffman again. dv up by 12 at halftime.3) north comes out hot in the second half. breonna farris feeds lilly yebra for the basket. cuts the lead to ten. 4) off the inbounds mercy oh-y

week. we'll head to sioux center, hinton, and heelan and find out who's heading where next year. tim plus s-b-l broke into the rankings today for the first time this season. find out if the warriors could avoid an upset against north up luton girls hit the court as a ranked team. the warriors are 15th in the latest 3a poll and tonight they hosted north in an mrac show down. the lady warriors beat the stars by just two the last time they met. early on it's jayda graham peterson...she rattles home the short jumper and the stars trail by just one. but next time down, late rotation sets up abby nissen for the open triple...warriors stretch the lead to four. then defense leads to offense...merrin van velzen with the theivery...she's out on the break and finds anna lucas for the layup, sb-l up seven. north hung tough all night...graham peterson strong move to the basket...but the stars come up just short tonight...sb-l ekes out a 61-60 win into the pit, west looking for a season sweep of the crusaders. we pick it up in the second quarter...ellie cropley scoops up the loose ball, she'll tak

into days this week. we'll head to sioux center, hinton, and heelan and find out who's heading where to delay their signing day celebrations until today. one of those was sioux center's ko kieft who's heheing north to play for the nnesota golden gophers. this past season kieft threw for just short of 2000 yards and 19 touchdowns and added 11 more scores on the ground. defensively he led the warriors with 50 and a half tackles, including three sacks. the gophers project kieft as a tight end/h-back type and he's excited for the opportunity to play big time college football. ko kieft--"i think it's just the chancncto play fbs football, to play in the big g n has always been a dream of mine. to play schools like iowa and ohio state, thats just a chance you really can't pass up. it's really nice to get it done and i really love the coaches and the place." to ko. seven heelan crusaders also signed national letters of intent today. branden hohenstein passed up scholarship offers to d-2 schools to accept a w wk-on pounder had nearly 500 receiving yards and four touchdowns for the crusaders t

former coaches the talented former heelan superstar. "it t s obvious that he had a lot of talent and was very commited and driven to win. and...uh...you ow believed that he could do what he' s doing right now." wegher's former heelan coach,.. now, assistant head coach at morningside... said wegger always surprised everyone on the field. "you know i mean, i whole thing about seemed like every something that just amazed you even more." jess the neck-and-neck iowa caucus race between clinton and sanders has now reached resolution on the lingering questions of count accuracy. the outcome remains unchanged...hillar y clinton has come out on top. the iowa democratic party worked closely with both camps and their respective party leaders, reviewing results from the 14 discrepant precinct caucuses. since only five of errors, no done. jess and bernie sanders will debate next month national announced today the debateill air on c-n-n. flint was thrown into the national spotlight after it was discovered the city's water supply has been contaminated with sanders and clinton have both issue on the

- half million dollar gift for sioux city's bishop heelan high school. 3 new technology is helping to better tell the story of sioux city's aviaton and transportation history. 3 and... local community leaders learn more about the growing problem of human and sexual trafficking in siouxland.good morning, and welcome to siouxland news at sunrise!it's 5 o'clock.i'm jacob heller.i'm meteorologist cat taylor.thanks for waking up 3 today the clouds will hang on through the first half of the day, but by late in the afternoon we may see some sunshine and afternoon highs will work their way back into the lower 40s. not too bad for late february.yet another chance for rain/snow mix will move in starting late wednesday evening as rain showers and switching to snow as we get close to the freezing mark.highs on thursday will top out in the upper 30s with breezy winds and mostly cloudy skies.we will dry out after that for a few days with temperatures slowly warming into the upper 40s by friday and then the upper 50s for saturday. another cold front comes in on sunday to close out the weekend with a

to advance..... at 220....heelan's diego sah-mahn- yeygo.....flips his opponent and if he had a few more seconds in the match...he would have gotten the pin.....he takes second to move on.... 295....ninth-ranked elijah vant'hof of sioux center.....overpow ering......look at that strength.....we will see him at wells fargo arena... heelan's joe vondrak with the only two points of the match on this reversal..methodi cal attack.the 2-0 decision sends him to state..... the 120 title.....belongs to fourth-ranked rhyker sims of sb-l....he advances by way of the 5-2 decision....see ya next week in the state capitol. alex to the gpac.....the briar cliff ladies have a brutal trio of games to wrap up the regular season...... second-ranked morningside on wednesday.....numb er fourteen concordia next saturday....but one step at a time... today the chargers visited 11th-ranked hastings. this showdown the n-a-i-a game of the week! hastings has won five straight in this series.... after half...h-c down double digits... teeka thompson on the drive...contested pass ends up with rachel jelden for the

hohenstein of heelan will join him in lincoln as a preffered walk on. ross godfrey from east will continue his football career at ndsu while sioux center's ko kieft will ink with minnesota. hinton's burke prins accepted a preferred walk on spot with the hawkeyes and 2 soccer standouts, brooke bleeker of heelan and east's elyse huber today's picture comes from... stephanie winegardner from sloan. her little girl, ellie got to have a little playtime in the snow today. if you're like to submit a facebook fan photo, just post it on our abc-9 facebook page. jenna/tim/chris/fred: (fred) your forecast for tonight is for snow and blowing snow creating blizzard conditions. the low will be 18 with winds gusting to 40 mph. tomorrow, the high will be 22 with blowing snow in the morning and breezy winds. the 7-day forecast shows quiet weather after tonight, with highs warming to above freezing over the weekend. next week will bring a cooldown and strong winds. 2 tickets to alan jackson is tonight's ask fred prize!

tomorrow. tim on cam bishop heelan high received it's gift in school history the $1.4 million dollar gift comes of donald l. gill, a graduate. used in part to fund the construction of an academic wing and gymnasium at the new high school with left over funds going towards college scholarships. the school's library and media center will be named after donald gill's mother, mary. jenna: it seems the iowa caucus was responsible for an uptick in voter registration over weeks. according to the secretary of state's office, an increase of registered voters was noted. 12 thousand new registrations between the caucuses and today. pushing new totals to over 2 million 1 hundred iowans registered to vote. over 46 thousand people without a party so alligned with either the mocratic or republican party in that same time. tim: a final date for the iowa utilities board to make a decision on the dakota access pipeline is set. state regulators say they'll meet on either rch 9th or 10th, to decide whether or not to give the texas based permit to start building a pipeline that would cut diagnally throug

bishop heelan. south sioux 4-0 against sioux city teams this season. heelan was playing from behind most of the night. lexi stolen drills the 3-pointer. crusaders trailed 17-6 after a quarter. south sioux keeps the lead. freshman mckenna sims takes the 'drive-thru' lane for 2 on the layup. more from the cardinals -- carissa powell gets the ball down low, and gets the reverse to fall. powell had 14 in the first half. south sioux pulled away late -- the crusaders press, but powell gets 2 more of her 32 points. cardinals beat the crusaders 68-45. the hawkeyes went 2-0 last week, moving into sole posession of first place in the big ten. the hawks have also moved up to fourth in the ap poll. iowa beat illinois 77-65 on sunday to improve to 19-4 overall and 10-1 in the it's their best start in the big ten since 1982. nine of their ten conference wins have been by double digits. going back to last season, iowa has won 12 of their last 17 true road games. "we never panic and i think that's why we've been so good on the road this year," said senior mike gesell. "that's where a lot of our suc

the pit, heelan on a three game winning streak to end the year...taking on denison schleswig. late in the second...kierrah llanos with the steal...taylor ferguson gets cut off on the drive and rewards llanos on the baseline jay...crusaders led it 42-20 at the half. in the third...grace hanno, leaves the triple short, but hustles after her shot and gets the lay in. the monarchs, looking for some offense...jazlyn beeck nearly loses it but puts but heelan protects the pit...mckenzie pratt with the steal ahead to rhea greer...they'll play harlan on friday, 66-40. three area teams were in the state dual tournament today and sibley ocheyedan was the only one to win their opening match. then generals took down logan magnolia 36-32 before falling to top-seed lisbon in the semis 50-22. but it ended up a good night for sibley-o...they took down don bosco 42-35 to take home third place. westwood dropped their opener to alburnett but followed it up with their first ever win in their first ever trip to state, taking down lake mills 50-28. the rebels come home with 6th place...they fall to lo-ma

after this near fall and wins the title to advance..... at 220....heelan's diego sah-mahn- yeygo.....flips his opponent and if he had a few more seconds in the match...he would have gotten the pin.....he takes second to move on.... 285....ninth-ranked elijah vant'hof of sioux ceer.....overpow ering......look at that strereth.....we will see him at wells fargo arena... to the 113 title....bishop heelan's joe vondrak with the only two points of the match on this reversal..methodi cal attack.the 2-0 decision sends him to state..... the 120 title.....belongs to fourth-ranked rhyker sims of sb-l....he advances by way of the 5-2 decision....see ya next week in the state capitol. gusty winds with chills below morning snow and cloudy and warmer.. for president's day, then an overnight ere are two kinds of folks who sit around thinking about how to kill pepele--psychopaths and mystery writers. i'm the kind that pays better. who am i? i'm rick castle. castle. castle. i really am ruggedly handsome, aren't every writer needs inspiration, and i've found mine. detective kate beckett. beckett.

giving them space if you see them out on the streets. supporters of the bishop heelan catholic schools are one step closer to beginning building project. phase two will include a new gym, science labs and a media center. bishop heelan recently received at $1.4 million gift from 1951 bishop heelan alum donald gill. the money will fununconstruction of p pse two, and create an endowment for college scholarships. "their tremdous committment to the people of sioux city and siouxland in general, so we are most greatful," said bishop heelan president jim tschann. the 10-milliononollar project will be adjacent to the fine arts center which was finished in august of 2014. no date has been s for the start of phase two. one nebraska principal promised his students that he would kiss a pig if they met their reading goal...and they did! norfolk catholic elementary school principal bill lafleur challenged his students to a monthly reading incentive to readers any y y during january. if the number was met or exceeded he would in turn kiss a pig. his students fulfilled their end of the bargain

final. find out if heelan or moc-floyd valley is moving on. tim plus south sioux ready has a state tournament berth locked up, but a win would the top seed. highlights from the minidome when we come back. for the top- ranked south sioux city girls. the cardinals had already clinched a spot in lincoln but with a winover norththst, south siouou would d ck up the top p ed. just a one point lead for the cardinals over the rockets at the half. and it's northeast that comes out gunning...mariah cates...knocks down the three pointer and the rockets take a 37- 33 lead. but that just makes the cardinals angry...they save the looseball and mckenna sims cashes in the three pointer to get within two. then the press does its magic...sims...johnn y on the spot for the steal...she takes it in for the easy layup to tie things up at 40. under a minute to play in the quarter...sims...ag ain with the steal...she gives it off to augusta thramer for the three point play...cards up 5, and they dont' look back, they gives us more the state tournament and i just think we've rolling and it gives confidence

that i'm making him the proudest dad ever" heelan student flies in his father's footsteps "we have so much to look forward to." hillary clinton gets a victory in south carolina "are you ready for tuesday?" ahead of super tuesday-- chris christie announces a huge endorsement. jess good evening and thanks for joining us... i'm jess plue. today was the first step in fullfilling a dream for one kevin farias recieved a scholarship for flying lessons and today was his first one. our elisa raffa rode along with him and has more. intro: it was a gorgeous morning to be outside, and an day to be up flying in the skies. but for 14 year old heelan this was more than just a plane ride, this was the first step in fullfilling his dream.nat sound plane "how you feeling?" elisa raffa abc9 ne says kevin farias, 14 year old flight student. kevin farias is just 14 years old but he's known that he's wanted to be a pilot since he was 10. the local chapter of the experimental aircraft association has awarded kevin a scholarship for ground school and flight lessons to help him achieve that goal... a dream

and vermillion...they do enough for the road win, they take it 51-44. heelan edged north by two the last time they played, would we have another nailbiter tonight? first possession...nort h's trap works to perfection...jayda graham peterson...gets the steal and takes it all the way for the lay in to get on the right away though...the extra papa from taylor ferguson to lelee stolen...sheheits the triple and the usaders take the lead. but thenaycean schueth, hesitates and blows rough three defenders...stars would lead it 11-3. heelan though, they found their rhythm...megan beaulieu connects on the corner three to cut into the lead. then late in the quarter...grace hanno, the hoop and the hack...crusaders rally for the win, 63-40. chris: time for a quick timeout, but don't gogonywhere. we still have six games to get to plus w wll check out regional dual wrestling action wrestling tournament is just 8 days away and tonight, ten siouxland schools in classes 1a and 2a competed for three spots in des moines. down in sergeant bluff...the warriors looking for their second trip in 3 years tak

alike celebrated the start of the week. teachers at bishop heelan spent some time volunteering at the salvation army in sioux city the week ends with a staff appreciation luncheon on friday to recognize teachers and staff working for the heelan school system. we'll be right back with another welcome to subway, what can i make for you? how 'bout crunching into flavor with a fritos chicken enchilada melt? pulled chicken in enchilada sauce, melty monterey cheddar, fresh veggies and fritos corn chips! hurry in today! subway. eat fresh. the time has come to make a choice... about which candidate can actually make a difference for you. in a world as complex as this, we need a president as experienced as hillary. in the situation room... at the negotiating table... and always on your side... fighting for children and families. with a real plan to get incomes rising... ...reduce drug prices... ...win equal pay for women... ...and protect social security and medicare for seniors. she'll build on obamacare, not start over. break through the gridlock, not add to it. defend planned parenthood, st

west and heelan match up in a battle of teams looking to return to prominence before regional p py starts. chris neyenhouse is next with sports. 3 "you're watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob 3 even though it's traditionally considered a man's sport... the n - f - l has been working to include more women on and off the field. reporter michelle miller talked with some female football fans 3 nats/ women in boston barfor the past ten years, megan lopresti and her friends have been meeting up every sunday for one reason.(sot megan lopresti 000435) i like all the sports but there's something about football always just keeps you on your toes.(photos of women fans) lopresti and her crew are part of a growing demographic for the nfl. 43 percent of its fan base is women. and it's not just the fans. (natpop bills presser) 103206 "we'll start wit latest hire karthryn smith" last month, the buffalo bills made history in hiring the first full time female coach. natpop/tracy on the sidelines of gametracy wolfson is the lead sideline reporter for cbs sports. (sot wolfson - outside) wome

dont' look back, they win it 69-57. 3a district final between heelan and moc-floyd valley. dutch jumped out t a 7-2 lead but back come the crusaders, jack boever knocks down the three to take the lead. then on the other end, levi jansen, with the pump fake and the jumper to tie things back up. but heelan kept it close early. collin kasperbauer with the steal, he takes it coast to coast for the lay in. but the dutch a little too strong...christian korver knocks down the three, they move on 77-59. down to 1a...a district final between siouxland christian and south o'brien over at west. wolverines up 8 in the first...peyton brasser with the nifty dish to karter rohrbaugh for the lay in. then damon struve, trifecta...all of a sudden that south o'brien lead is up to 13. late in the forecast... scott: flood warning in effect for the little sioux river at linn gre. turn around don't drown. temperatur, not bad this morning, above normal. temps to get warm the next two days, near 50 today, low 60s tomorrow! then a cold front comesfor us sunday, cooler temps, light rain, and breezy winds gusting

fire engines. coming up later tonight on sports fource exa, the north boys go to heelan, and dakota valley faces vermillili. we'll haha a top-ten girls gamam between cherokee and western christian. in nebraska, two eleven-win teams meet when wisner-pilger travels to lyons-decatur. and, we'll have regional wrestling duals from westwood and sgt. bluff, as teams try to qualify for state. all that ad more coming up at ten. the gpac basketball races could be over on wednesday night. the morningside women can clinch the conference with a win over dakota wesleyan. the briar cliff men can clinch at least a tie with a win at dordt. the new naia rankings have just been released. the morningside women are still second at 24-2. briar cliff drops a spot to tenth, at 18-7. mount marty y ts into the rankings for the first time, at number-24. by the way, the naia women's national tourney starts in sioux city on march 9th. on the men's side, briar cliff wesleyan is the only other gpac men's team in the rankings, at number-16. davenport of michigan tonight: mostly cloudy. low: 5 wind: n 5-10 mph tomo

. we had our first game today in district 2. bishop heelan played sergeant buff. spencer topped storm lake. >>> the stars hosted thomas jefferson. burke gets the file. they find the streak in jay. he will hit the flee throw. 9-3 at that point. davis will take the jump. he was up 11-7 in the first they will play in the district semi's at east. >>> moore is open to the coroner. he hits the 3. marquees has it all to himself and hits the 3. 40-33 now. a minute later cliff gets the rebound and goes all the way for the lay-up. that's how you do it. it was 44-33. a comfortable lead. west of 44. 39. west couldn't hold the lead. >> what a heart ?o 3 3 3 3 <>reporter: one more gloomy day or so. we'll deal with the cloud cover and we might see precipitation. rain and sleet my be the primary threats. we are looking forward to late day sun. there is a look at your extended forecast. we'll hang around the upper 30s and lower 40s. things look better for the weekend. >>> check this out. si

weekend. the 16th annual bishop heelan show choir classic attracted groups from across the midwest on saturday. this year's theme was "sail away." these young performers put in a lot of work to make it all come together on stage. "we have a theme to each song, and every song is different and we have different emotions, different dance moves, different groves to the song so that we can show people what we are trying to talk to them about," said georgia androy, show choir performer. ktiv's brad paustch and ron demers were the m-cs for the event. a beer spa in oregon recently doors. coming up next, how they're brewing a bath to get rid of ben: and i'll have your << >> << wx timer @ 2:45 much like yesterday, today will be breezy and cool again as clouds increase and temperatures fall from the 40s to the 30s this afternoon behind a cold front moving through this morning. behind said cold front, another disturbance will move in this evening which will give the viewing area a quick round of 1-3 inches of snow tonight with the highest of those amounts north of sioux city. besides a few linger

stage at media day. former bishop heelan, iowa, and morningside star brandon wegher, #32 -- was in the spotlight with the rest of the panthers. the rookie appeared in one game for the panthers -- after being signed as a free agent. wegher set an iowa high school record with over 32-hundred yards rushing in '08. super bowl 50 kicks off at 5:30 then tonight on news four at ten.... the numbers are in and winners have been announced. but the campaigning hasn't stopped. we'll take a l lk at the aftermath after iowa's's first in the nation caucuses. and what's to come i inew hampshire. tonight on k-t-t-v and n-b-c, hollywood game nighthttarts at 7 p.m. followed by chicago med at 8 and chicago fire at 9. so, as you gaze out your window at the blizzard raging on.. take heart: it's going to be an or so says a rodent... pennsylvania's most famous groundhog, punxsutawney phil, did not see his shadow this morning, meaning he's "predicted" an early spring. at least, that's the word from members of the top hat-wearing inner circle. they announced the results at sunrise on gobbler's knob -- just

for flying lessons... for the 14 year old heelan student... it was more than just a plane ride, this was the first step in fullfilling his dream. his scholarship came from the local chapter of the experimental aircraft association . kevin wanted to be a pilot since he was 10, a dream inspired by his dad. " "i am most certain that i am making him the proudest dad ever. my mom too, because she also wanted to put me in the military school so i can grow up to be like my dad" says kevin farias, 14 year old flight student. taking classes on aviation, physics, and weather. he hopes to fly aviation, physics, and weather. he hopes to fly large cargo planes one day, and work for the navy, just like his dad. kevin says he wasn't nervous at all for his first flight... lukas: now to the latest on the race to the white house. super tuesday is almost here... 11 states are up for grabs as the candidates have all but stopped critizing their opponents ... abc's stephanie ramos has the latest. "they don't call it super tuesday for nothin? on this one day?the fate of both parties could be decided?.and h

play...cards up 5, and they dont' look back, they win it 69-57. 3a district final between heelan and moc-floyd valley. dutch jumped out to a 7-2 lead but back come the crusaders, jack boever knocks down the three to take the lead. then on the other end, levi jansen, with the pump fake and the jumper to tie things back up. but heelan kept it close early. collin kasperbauer with the steal, he takes it coast to coast for the lay in. but the dutch a little too strong...christian korver knocks down the three, they move on 77-59. down to 1a...a district final o'brien over at west. wolverines up 8 in the first...peyton brasser with the nifty dish to karter rohrbaugh for the lay in. then damon struve, gets the ball right back and hits the trifecta...all of a sudden that south o'brien lead is up to 13. late in the quarter...brian haden beats the buzzer...17-2 wolverines after one, they advance to substate, 58-33. for all the highlights and scores from last night head to our website, siouxland matters dot com. have a great weekend everybody. lukas: scott: it's time now to check on your forecas

heelan superstar. "it was obvious that he had a lot of talent and was very commited and driven to win. and...uh...you know believed that he could do what he' s doing right now." wegher's former heelan coach,.. now, assistant head coach at morningside... said wegger always surprised field. "you know i mean, i whole thing about brandon was a...it seemed like every something that just more." he is sure to continue his career even if he couldn't be on top this year. the iowa men's program is play. alex walker has the details. with indiana's loss to penn state on saturday, iowa stands as the only team in the big ten with one conference loss. yesterday, the hawkeyes visited champaign to battle the fighting illini of illinois.... a road win would give iowa two straight victories at illinois for the first time in 29 years. opening minutes....adam woodbury down low.....the senior notched his sixth double double of the season...10 points 14 board and four assists! then its jalen coleman-lands.....for three! the illini take the 6-4 lead...... peter jok responds on the other end with a three of h

...national signing day ... turned into days this week. we'll head to sioux center, hinton and heelan to find out who's heading where next year. scott: stay tuned for today's forecast... game" without one of its biggest stars, tony stewart has announced he won't be racing in the daytona 500 ... the season kickoff to the sprint cup. that's after he suffered a burst fracture in his vertebrae. no timetable as to when he will return. stewart announced he'd be done racing after this season ... just a few months prior to the now possibly season ending injury lukas: siouxland is home to some great high school yesterday ten letters of intent. here's chris with the run down. chris friday everybody. snow forced several siouxland seniors to delay their signing day celebrations until yesterdayday. one of those was sioux center's ko kieft who's heading to minnesota to play for the golden gophers. this past season kieft threw for just short of 2000 yards and 19 touchdowns and added 11 more scores on the ground. kieft as a tight end/h-back and he's excited to play big time college football. ko kieft

this week. we'll head to sioux center, hinton and heelan to find out who's heading where next year. scott: lukas: this past rosebowl is one fans would like to forget, but one iowa lawmaker has proposed a bill that is putting the sour memory into the minds of those at the capitol senator mark chelgren of ottumwa says he's angry with stanford because of the halftime show. the cardinal marching band took the field making fun of iowa... complete with a larger-than-life cow running around, and band members poking fun at farmers. the republican senator wants to pass aaw requiring stanford to make a formal apology. what it says - future collarboaration between stanford and regents universities whould be put on hold until that apology's made publicly." chelgren says while he is a hawkeye fan... he says the bill is about the halftime being poor taste. lawmakers don't antipate the bill at all. lukas: siouxland is home to some great high school athletes and yesterday ten signed national letters of intent. here's chris with the run down. palmquist--"happy friday everybody. snow forced seniors

always saw potential inhe talented former heelan superstar. "it was obvious that he had a lot of talent and was very he could do what he' s doing right now." wegher's former heelan coach,.. now, assistant head coach at morningside... said wegger always surprised everyone on the field. "you know i mean, i think. i think the whole thing about brandon was a...it seemed like every game he did something that just amazed you even more." he is sure to continue his career even if he couldn't be on top this year. lukas there are tons of parties celebrating the big game scattered around san francisco. maybe the most important is the "taste of the n-f-l" held at the "cow palace", it brings together top chefs from every n-f-l franchise along with players past and present from that city. along with the samples of food from each city...it's an auction that has raised 20 million dollars over the last 25 years... all to help the homeless "this one's a real winner and they been around for 25 years starting in then they just raised all kinds of money and it all goes to charity in terms of homeless people

fish tacos you can make for your sweetheart in today's centsable health. and north and bishop heelan back on the court last night. both teams coming off losses on monday night. highlights from their game good morning. thanks for joining us on this wednesday, february 10th. the polls proved correct in new hampshire's primary, but there was at least one surprise on tuesday night. more on the results in just a minute. also michigan's governor will ask the legislator for nearly 200-million dollars to help solve flint's water crisis- but he's not sure all the pipes need to be replaced. details on the way. and if you travel on iowa's rural highways, you know the speed limit has been 55 for years. increasing the limit on some of the state's highways, but not everyone agrees it would be smooth sailing. and later... some sioux city kids go head to head in a battle of the brains. this isn't a pop quiz, but rather a competition with their teachers. but first, here's ben. << wx timer @ :40 a light snow dusting will greet some northwest iowans/southeast south dakotans early this morning, so plan

3 3 the iowa girls basketball brackets were released yesterday... le mars and heelan might see each other in that playoff... but first they squared off in the ice cream capital of the world. chris is next with sports. 3 "you're watching siouxland news at sunrise, with jacob 3 "weather on the ones, brought to you by siouxland federal credit union" 3 blizzard warning has been issued for today through wednesday morning. today will be very windy withtheavy snowfall and accumulatioio of 10-12" for most of the are with 15"+ possible in some areas. visibilities will be near zero and travel will be strongly discouraged due to blowing and drifting snow with 45+mph gusts we will see through the day.snows will begin to taper off late tonight through early wednesday morning.stay tuned to the first alert weather team. we will keep you ahead of the storm. 3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse.good morning, siouxland, here's a look at your momoing sports.with respectively it's safe to say the heelan and lemars girls basketball teams haven't had the seasons they would have liked. but ther

-year old kevin (far-ee-us) farias attends bishop heelan, but when fly and today was a little bit of a surprise. (far-ee-us) received an award that will cut the cost of getting his pilot's license in half. "i feeencouraged so that maybe in the future i can get my pilot's license and then maybe one day i can apply for the naval llege in annapolis and hopefully be accepted." says farias tim: kevin says he's looking to follow in his father's footsteps and someday enter the naval academy. meanwhile he plans to start those flying lessons as soon as the weather permits. jenna: it's a rare disease that doesn't get a lot of recognition. and, each case of a-l-s, or "lou gehrig's disease", is as different as each person affected by it. tonight, in your health matters, more about why abc9 is raising awareness in our community about the condition... and hoping you'll help support families affected by als, as well. in 2008, the establishment was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. years later, the band, with siouxland roots, performed for the last time pete goede. als took his life just l

. bishop heelan and sgt. bluff-luton are receiving votes. western christian is still the top team in class 2a, getting 13 of 14 first place votes. pocahontas area, laurens-marathon falls is tenth. ridge view and sioux center are getting votes. boyden hull moves up to second south o'brien, maple valley, anthon-oto, gt/ra and central lyon all get votes. see the entire poll at ktiv-dot-com. last season, charles dowdell led the sioux city bandits to a title, winning the league's mvp award dowdell is now playing for a team in spokane, washington -- but the bandits have signed three new quarterbacks. the newest addition is a-j graham. he was the florida player of the year in high school. graham spent three years at marshall and finished his college career at pikeville university, an naia school in kentucky. the bandits have a huge offensive line -- and at 6-5, graham could keep the offense rolling. being the number-one offense the last we've got a great set of guys here that could potentially propel us to that again," said coach erv strohbeen. "we're definitely going to have a big line and

tomorrow as well. this includes the bishop heelan schools. theyeyre not the only school district in siouxland several are coming in. plus, some major businesses including tyson in dakota city are running some shifts. or alert 4 at the bottom of your tv screen. there's almost 320 announcements on here! a few businesses did stay open through the day. these include all hy-vee grocery stores in sioux city. ktiv's tommie clark is at the location on gordon drive with live link 4. tommie? sheila, that's right, hy vee has continued to stay open 24 hours during the blizzard and they don't plan on closing. the manager of here at the gordon drive location says they've gotten more customers then expected. and the day started out really busy, they had a lot of people coming in for breakfast and lunch. but, since about 1 p.m., it's significantly slowed down. she says they decided to stay open because they believe in being there for siouxlanders because food is a necessity. although the store didn't get some deliveries, they're stocked and ready to go through the night. "it's important that we're

played for the panthers, he was a morningside player.. and before that he was a crusader at heelan high school . abc9 got to meet with his former coaches, roger jansen. while wegger is business, playing for a team the way, his former head coach at morningside said he always saw big potential. "it was obvious that he had a lot of talent and was very commited and driven to win. and...uh...you know believed that he could do what he' s doing right now." wegher's former now, assistant head coach at morningside,.... said that he was constantly surprising everyone on the field. "you know i mean, i think. i think the whole thing about brandon was a...it seemed like every game he did something that just amazed you even more." jess the neck-and-neck iowa caucus race between clinton and sanders now has reached resolution on the lingering questions of count accuracy. the outcomom remains unchanged.....llar y clinton has come oututn top. to resolve the caucusutcome, the iowa democratic party worked closely with both camps and their respective party leaders, reviewing results from the 14 discrep

football and soccer respectively. heelan's branden hohenstein and brooke bleeker, plus ko kieft of sioux center and burke prins of hinton have all been delayed. we'll have more on these signings throughout the radar shows snow beginning to wind down, but the wind will remain tonight, causing blizzard conditions. your forecast for tonighis for snow w and blowing snow creating blizzard conditions. the low will be 18 with winds gusting to 40 mph. tomorrow, the high will be 22 with blowing snow in the morning and breezy winds. the 7-day forecast showsquiet weather after tonight, with highs warming to above freezing over the weekend. next week will bring a cooldown and strong winds. 2 tickets to alan jackson is tonight's ask fred prize!