Widespread 6 to 9 inch snow totals. The satellite and radar shows snow beginning to surge out of the south. Visibilities are becoming limited in the area, so drive with care. Heres the support of Small Business saturday to follow up their thanksgiving shopping. Abc9 News Reporter bria bell has more on the shopping holiday Cash Register sounds the day after black friday, also known as Small Business saturday, was created to help boost sales for smaller businees during the busiest shopping period of the year. Clothing and Bakery Stores in le mars got their fair share of customers who came out to support and recognize the holiday because they say their experience th the local businesses are like nonenether. I like supporting small individual businesses, they treat us right everytime we come here. The material and quality of the clothes are very good, said balvenz. Sometimes the clothing can be a little bit more expensive, but i think the quality is better and they give better deals, said
Later today. Were also learning more about the three people who died during the shooting abcs megan hughes has the very latest. While investigators process the snowy scene outside the Colorado Springs planned parenthood clinicthe victims families process the lives lost. 29yearold Kearre Stewart was an iraq war vet. He warned them his brother leyonte says stewart took a phone call outside the clinic and was among the first to be hit, running back to tell others to take cover. He has some questitis for the gunman. Why . You didnt even know him . You said no more body parts myrother wasnt for abortion, he wasnt participating in abortion 35yearold Jennifer Markovsky was a mother of two. The third victimpolice officer 44year Garrett Swasey was also a pastor at his church. Scott dontanville friend he would have gone into that clinic to serve those people because their lives matter. During the 5hour siege at the planned parenthood clinic, people scrambled for their lives as dear allegedly too
In a large pile of clothing says mark aesoph, sioux city fire marshal. Extension chords are just for temporary use only. They shouldnt be left on all the time, as soon as youre done with them. Unplug them says joe rodriguez, deputy fire marhsal. Marguerite says the fire destroyed most, if not all of their clothes. Her nephews and 4 month old baby lost everything. Her and her husband only have a few shirts. The family says the community outpour has been incredible. Marguerite says shes given back to her community, but didnt realize her impact until she had hundreds of voicemailslstexts, and faceceok posts of concerned friends and even strangers. S. All wanting totoonate. I canttay enough thank yous to everybody. Its overerelming and i ththk thats what kes me cry more, because im just grateful that everybody thinks of us, and is willling to help us, no questions asked says marguerite cortez. Tim there arfour locations to drop off donations for the family. The cortez family has found a ne
Temperatures will hold steady and the snow will be also be coming down at a steady pace for a while longer. A full look at your 7 day forecast including how much more snow is coming and warmer temperatures ahead is next your news starts now. Announcer now live from kcautv in sioux city, iowa. This is abc9 news this midday. Jessica rae good morning and thanks for joining us this midday. Im jessica rae. The clear, siouxland is getting hit with snow this morning. Getting as much as, inches in some areas this morning, sliding on the roads, numerous reports of been called into sioux city pd, as thousands are trying to make their monday morning commute. We hav bria bell riding along in the whats it like out there jessica, in one of the dot plows this morning. So far weve traveled around the city clearing the streets. Morning. So far weve traveled around the city clearing the streets. And although the efforts to clear the streets are going accordingly, department of transporation and the siou
Talk to the family about how theyre dealing with what happened. Reporting live in studio lukas voss abc9 news. Tim a day after making his final state of the union address. Preside barack obama made a stop in omaha today. After arriving at offett air force base, the president took part in a small living room discussion at a private residence in the omaha area. From there he gathered with 8,000 people on the campus of univ of nebomaha where he again made getting an Affordable College education a high point. The president is now way to baton rouge. Jenna coming off the president s state of the union address, iowa senator joni ernst spoke critically of the president s plans for the future. During her Weekly Conference call, ernst also talked about her resolution of disaproval for the expanded waters of the us ruling that was passed through the house today. Our farmers and ranchers know how to care fofoand conserve thier ownland without the harmful interference of washington beaurocrats fro