Transcripts For KTIV News 4 At Six 20160217

Interviewed by police. Morales Attorney Says after his client was read his miranda rights, he barely nodded his head. Attorney peter tenny claims his client made no verbal statement, and was completely silent. Tenny says that is insufficient to satisfy the burden of a valid, voluntary miranda waiver. An estherville, iowa, man says he wont seek a change of venue in his murder trial. Lee christensen is charged with 1st degree murder in thomas bortvits death back in june. Bortvits family reported him missing on june 6th. The 19yearolds body was found the next day in a rural part of emmet county. The day after that, christensen was arrested at the minneapolis airport. Christensens trial was orginally set for today. That trial was delayed over concerns about a potential conflict of interest regarding the attorney representing christensen and members of his family. Transportation Security Administration Officials Say they found a loaded firearm at the sioux gateway airport. The weapon was found on sunday in a carryon bag. The airport and interviewed the passenger after taking possession of the weapon. The passenger was then allowed to continue on to the flight. matt theres still a coolness in the for much longer. sheila chief meteorologis t ron demers is here to tell us more. Weather adlib our pattern has been giving mainly northern siouxland some quick going to see that happen again tonight. There snow that may clip the northern parts of the ktiv viewing area with a quick dusting of too heavy. We could even see a few flurries in sioux city as well. In addition to the snow showers, well see some areas of fog both tonight and into wednesday morning. Its looking like tomorrow will be the coolest of the next seven days with highs in the 30s. Reynolds began a statewide stem tour in sioux city today. Reynolds stopped at morningside elementary. Dropping in to a few classes asking students about various projects. Reynolds says she shares what she learns on these visits with other School Districts. Like grassroots projects such as loess hills elementarys Computer Programming designation. Students showed off coding projects there. Something reynolds says she sees tremendous opportunity in offering in elementary schools. Were actually seeing the numbers go in the wrong direction, not just in iowa, but nationally, especially with young girls, said kim reynolds, lt. Governor of iowa. If we want to fill that pipeline of talent and if we want to keep our young people in the state of iowa, this is an industry sector thats growing, that will continue to grow and provides tremendous opportunities. Reynolds is scheduled to visit school in march. Reynolds also sat down with ktivs sarah te slaa to discuss the nearly two Million Dollars raised for the Summer Reading Program Pilot study. Its a test run of the program the state will be rolling out in 2017. Sometimes Summer Reading programs are about maintaining where they are at, we are really hoping that not only can we maintain where they are at but elevate them to a higher level, says reynolds. The Governors Office says about 25 percent of the states third graders arent reading at their grade level. This program is to help those students who are struggling. Several School Districts in siouxland have signed up for the program, including sioux city. A former Storm Lake City Council member announced she will run for a seat in the iowa legislature. Sarah huddleston served three terms as a Council Member in storm lake. She was appointed by governor tom vilsack as a commissioner for the Latino Affairs commission under the department of human rights. She is running in house counties. An Iowa Senate Panel advanced a bill that would make it a hate crime to commit an offense against a person because that person is transgender. The bill must pass out of the full committe by friday to meet a deadline and stay alive this session. The Sioux City Community schools are changing their lunch menus. But, before that happens, students are helping decide what theyll be eating. Ktivs tommie clark spoke with students who got to taste test some new foods. Pepperoni pizza, potato wedges, turkey meatballs, orange chicken and hamburger patties were on the menu. It was pretty good. The wedges were kind of dry and what not. The meatballs they didnt taste that great, but i mean theyre all right, said West Middle School 8th grade student, riliegh belt. There was a couple of dry stuff like the meatballs, they were good, but they were a little dry. I think i could have some milke with that otherwise it was good, said West Middle School 8th grade student, bryson brinkman. Food tastings take place every year in the School District and are used to decide what gets served at lunch. Reporter have you found it to be very effective . Yes, absolutely. Just because we think it looks good and tastes good doesnt mean its going to be eaten by our customers who are our students, said Sioux City Schools Food Service director, rich luze. Students say theyre glad to have a say in what they scarf down. In sioux city. Tommie clark. Ktiv news 4. Students say chicken and pizza were their favorites. The rest of the results of the tasting will be added up and some possible additions may be coming to the schools lunch menu. University extension and Outreach Program helped to local gardeners grow their knowledge, today. The discussion focused on vegetables, common pests, food safety regulations and cover crops. A commerical horticulture specialist says he sees cover crops being incorporated more into growing. A cover crop is a nonharvested crop that youre growing in the field that youre not growing it for money, youre growing it for the soil Health Benefits whether it be weed control, building organic matter controlling passagens or any of those such things, said Iowa State University extension and outreach commercial horticulture field specialist, joe hannan. One gardener says he learned about insect control and proper composting. Ive learned a lot of things. My particular interest was the use of cover crops and how your garden can benefit from them and your soil can benefit, said sioux city gardener, joe walding. Gardeners say they plan to take the skills they gained back to their gardens, this spring. Still to come. Empowering women. Details on a conference that was designed for working women who want to grow and lead. Our pattern has been giving mainly northern siouxland some quick hits of precipitation and were that happen again tonight. There will be a little area of light snow that may clip the northern parts of the ktiv viewing area with a quick dusting of snow but it wont be anything too heavy. We could even see a few flurries in sioux city as well. In addition to the snow areas of fog both tonight and into wednesday morning. Its looking like tomorrow will be the coolest of the next seven days with highs in the 30s. By the Time Thursday arrives, so does some warmth with a chance of hitting 50 degrees by then as the wind picks up some with friday looking quite windy in fact. Well then keep 50s in the forecast into the beginning of the weekend with a little cooling by still to come. Hundreds gathered for a conference meant for empowering women. Hear from those who attended and 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 working women that want to grow and lead. matt ktivs tiffany lane has the details on the message of empowerment. And what Women Business leaders can do in the workforce. With are women who have their own businesses, women who work with other organizations and really include everyone in the conversation. Hundreds of women were able to have that conversation tuesday. Our speakers are people who will address things like the millenial mind, how to take feedback, what your body language says about how you present yourself. And just different opportunities to really help women improve their Leadership Development skills. Those skills come with the understanding that there are more steps for women to take in Leadership Development. Take an issue as simple as getting dressed in the morning right, the guys have to decide between like the stone khakis and sand khakis and the women have to figure out for this particular meeting, or client or whatever, how do i figure out what the right match is. Theres just more ways to go wrong. But Business Leaders say one way to address the challenges begins by learning how to take feedback. Were going to talk about how to take charge of your own feedback and drive your own learning by being a better just so important for Women Leaders maybe in particular who often get quite critical feedback to learn how to handle those with grace. Su leaders at the event spoke about womens roles in the growing economy. I think Everybody Knows that diversity in the workplace is what most businesses need to succeed and so women are almost 50 percent of the workforce and it really is an economic issue, said lt. Gov. Kim reynolds. Debi durham, director of the Iowa Economic Development authority referenced an article she read that said by 2028, women will control about 75 percent of the discretionary income. And students are part of that future, one Nursing Student says its important to learn from Women Leaders before entering the workforce. I were always representing, said laura smith, a Nursing Student at western Iowa Tech Community college. Were always in leadership, always. And its inspiring. Just one example of the leadership iowa women lead change is hoping to promote. In south sioux city, nebraska, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4. More than 400 hundred women and students attended this years siouxland womens leadership conference. Brads some teams, like kingsley pierson, already have big expecations. More lawtonbronson has been ranked hoping to make a run to des moines. Ill have a live report after the break. And, iowa state takes on baylor tonight in a battle of ranked teams a place where the cyclones have struggled. Basketball teams in class 2a. Of the 15 teams ranked, five are from siouxland and four are in the top ten. Its round two of the regionals tonight, as the road to des moines continues. Sportsfource is on the road in lawton, iowa. Ktivs mark freund has more. The lawtonbronson girls have hung tough in the class 2a rankings this season. The eagles are 13th in the final rankings but havent been ranked in the top10 since early lb opens district play tonight against boydenhull. The eagles finished the regular season 17 and4. But they got placed in a tough regional the top four seeds in class 2a, region 2 have a combined record of 64 and19. That includes the Top Ranked Team in the state in the class, western christian. Sportsfource is on the road with lawtonbronson Senior Forward ali verzani. Ali well get to the region in a second but you have to get past boydenhull what do you know about the comets . A really tough region it could be you versus western to go to state how do you guys get to a point where you can challenge state berth . You guys were so close to state in volleyball a lot of the same girls on this team how hungry are you to get to state for basketball . Lawtonbronson and boydenhull clock. Well have the highlights tonight on sportsfource extra. Thanks mark. Here are some of the other games well be covering. The topranked team in 2a, western christian is hosting sioux central and 3 unity christian is home against maple valley, anthonoto. The sixthranke kp girls take on trinity christian. In nebraska, class c2 subdistrict play continues as homer plays Cedar Catholic and hartington, newcastle faces ponca. Well also have metro boys regular season games between west and dakota valley, and east against storm lake. Join us at ten for all the highlights and scores. Iowa state travels to baylor tonight for a top25 battle. The cyclones have had their trouble with the bears. Baylor has beaten iowa state three straight times, and won four of the last five meetings. That includes a 9489 bears win in ames, last month. The 13thranked cyclones have won 22 games over top25 teams in the last three seasons, which is the secondmost in the and are 102 against the cyclones in waco. I think our guys will respond to the challenge, said coach steve prohm. Theyve played well down there. Last year i know it was down to the final seconds. I watched that game and our first meeting. We just have to do a great job of transition defense and the interior play really hurt us in our game here. Iowa state and baylor tip off at 8 oclock on espn 2. Morningsides Jessica Tietz is the gpac and naia National Womens basketball playeroftheweek. The senior from bancroft, nebraska, scored a careerhigh 32 points in the mustangs win over dakota wesleyan, that clinched the gpac regular season championship. Tietz leads the second ranked mustangs with 15 points and six rebounds a game. She leads the naia in field goal accuracy making 63 percent of her shots. Mostly cloudy. High 36 wind se 515 mph thanks for joining us tonight. Et is up next. Dont for all of your news, weather, and sports. See you back here at ten. Tonight witness grammy greatness with e. T. Oh, my god backstage with taylor swift after taking on kanye. They are going to be people who will try to take credit. What her girl squad only told us. She should have stormed that stage, kanye style. The taylor moments you havent seen, whispers to selena, a late night hookup with calvin harris. Well tell you how lady gaga pulled off her bowie performance