Morning as well. Including sioux citys Public Schools and Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools with a two hour late start in the morning. A group of kids in dakota dunes even had scarves, clothes, and even wigs for their snowmen. Its clear by their rosey cheeks that they had been playing for hours. But the cold wasas going to stop them from enjoying their time off. 3 3 todays snowfall was just the second measurable snow of the season. And were already more than halfway to matching our total from all of last winter. Siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell joins us live now from the Southern Hills mall. Chad, whats up with all this snow before december even hits . 3 back into the mid to upper 30s by thursday. 3 its been all hands on deck city. Today the city had 50 pieces of snowplowing equipment on the streets. Tonight theyre expected to have 12 to 15 pieces of equipment out on the road. Make sure you get your cars and trucks especially off the main streets so they can be cleared. And it
3 the south Dakota Public Utilities Commission voted 2 to 1 to approve the construction permit. But that permit comes with conditions. Conditions that are unknown at this time. Plans call for the pipeline to originate in Bakken Oil Field of north dakota. Then through south dakota. Six counties in northwest iowa on its way to illinois. Many landowners in iowa are fighting to get the iowa utilities board to reject the pipeline. That board is currently Holding Hearings on the project. It isnt expected to make a decision until february. 3 3 it sounds like good news for the ethanol industry. 3 the Obama Administration is requiring more Renewable Fuels be used in the nations supply of gasoline next year. Refiners will be required to blend more than 18 billion gallons. Thats compared to about 17 and a half billion this year. But its far short of the 22 billion goal congress set when it enacted the renewable fuel standard in 2007. The increase is gasoline is being consumed 3 3 that decision is
Schultz led that discussion. And says its a project that will benefit siouxland in the longngun. 3 were modernizing that roadway creating a three lane in ach direction, interstate system, that will serve this area for years to come. This years work includes replacing bridges on the northbound lanes between bacon creek and floyd boulevard. Construction crews hope to open a second northbound lane in the Construction Zone once the weather improves. 3 mimerican energy is warning customers about another billing scam. The latest version occured last thursday when someone tried to scam business customers in le mars. Followed by customers in sioux city on friday. The scammer calls utility customers and threatens to disconnect their electricity unless they immediately pay a past due balance withth pre paid debit card. Midamerican says t ts is not its usual collection process. If you get a suspicious call you should hang up and contact midamerican and police immediately. 3 a man is under arrest
The scene and eric have this happen. Well jenny witnesses say that it looks like the woman just hit the gas instead of the break the cars been towed away but the damage remains you can see workers here boarding up the front of the post office that was completely destroyed by this mercedes i heard porter heard this great bane of the metal on the sidewalk Jackie Wright had just grabbed her mail when the car came crashing through the post office the turn to look to see what was going on and i saw this car just loving this site mike got the driver of a mercedes parked out front of the building on battlefield blvd suddenly hit the gas the freeman is very scary the force of the car sent shards of glass and pieces of wood everywhere. One man went flying backwards glass was everywhere would because she year with things breaking and june Christy Stevens and her three year old daughter nearly got hit by a winning team picked her up and it came right past me and the lady behind the chair and she
Screen. And Available Online at siouxland news dot com. 3 3 tonight. The impact of this snowstorm is first on fox. 3 3 in sioux city. All city offices closed at 10 this morning, 3 along with the Tyson Events Center and all three branches of the Public Library among others. The city has also suspended garbage collectiti and declared a snow emergency. That means on Street Parking is prohibited 3 until the streets have been plowed. Any car left on the streets will be towed at the owners expense. Elsewhere in siouxland. The blizzard forced a planned bond vote 3 for Iowa Lakes Community college to be postponed by a week. That vote will now take place next tuesday february 9th. 3 3 3 lets turn now to siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell. Chad. Theres more than a foot of snow outside already. Could we see more of this white stuff before tomorrow . 3 impossible to see another couple of inches before this nasty y weather finally moves out of the area. Snows will begin to taper off late