Completes an investigation on the issue. Which could last up to 45 days. The district says it will follow board policies. And the districts student code of conduct regarding the incident. According to the districts policy, the student could face explusion from the school for one year. Dr. Gauzman says, its not clear why the student brought the gun to school. Now. Some parents have expressed ncerns over not being notified about the incident immediately. Coming up at six. Well hear from one of those parents. Jenna an accident on i29 backed up traffic for quite sometime early this morning. Around 6 50, a southbound car ran out of gas and couldnt pull onto the shoulder because of construction. N. Then, an oncoming car hit the vehicle,e,locking both lanesf traffic near the exit. Two people were taken to mercy hosptal with minor injuries. No charges have been immediately filed. Tim an improperly disposed cigarette is to blame for mondays fire at sneakys chicken in sioux city. Thats the word today from sioux city fire rescue. Six units and 18 firefighters responded to the big in a storage area at the back of the business. Owner dave ferris tells us the restaurant will be closed for several weeks for cleaning and repairs. Sneakys catering will continue operations from a different location. Jenna the kind of cold weve been experiencing. Can be downright dangerous. Especially if you dont have a warm place to go. Elisa raffa has some tips for staying warm yourself. And how folks in sioux city are taking care of people who cant keep themselves warm. It was a mild december but that doesnt mean these cold snaps cant happen, so when they do,o,ake sure you wear your gloves, cover your ears, and wear extra yers to keep you warm e esa it doesnt take much for frostbite to set in. Nurse practitioner cindy lewin from Unitypoint Health minutes outside in temperatures or wind chills at 15 below 0 can cause a major problem. Youll start having some numbness or tingling of your fingers or toes or ears. You may get some redness of the area, and then it may turn white or might get kinda of waxy hard looking says cindy lewin, nurse practitioner. Lewin says babies, the elderly, and anyone with other Health Concerns are at greater risk. Alcohol and dehydration also make you more suseptable. You want to slowly warm your extremities, so you want to put them in a warm tepid water. You dont want to put it in hot wawar, you dont want to use like a blow dryer ornything. Then that will bring the tissue back and youlll have less chance of having damage to the tissue says cindy lewin, nurse practitioner. The people who run local homeless shelters take this time of year especially serious. The Sioux City Gospel Mission opens this day room when the temperatures are this cold. With the wind chill factor and things like that, we just kind of keep it open so that individuals can come in, because we dont really want people to be outside in the cold says dayle webbs, director, mens ministries at Gospel Missions. In addition to a warm place,e,he Gospel Mission makes hats, gloves and scarves available to people who come in. Especially when you see that someone is cold, and they may not have shoes or a coat or things like that, to have the priviledge to have a thrift store across the street and to be able to go over and to provide those basic necessities to sioux citys hospitals also keep their doors open when its dangerously cold. Mercy Medical Center allows people to use their cafeteria to warm up during the day. When temps dip below 10 degrees. Tim after a slow start, the flu season is striking big time in iowa. According to the Iowa Department of public health, there have been four flurelated deaths since november of 2015. Iowa has three strains going around. Including the h1 n1 that was really serious in 2009. Schoolaged kids are more prone to that strain. Health officials are warnrng anyone who hasnt got their flu shot to do so because it should make a difference. It could be a pretty bad year because two of the strains serious lness. The good news is the vaccine seems to be a good match for the strains, unlike last year where it wasnt as good for one of the strains tim of course some things to keep in mind to fight the flu. Make sure to get a flu shot. Take preventive action, such as avoiding those who are si and washing your hands. If your doctor prescribes you medication. Make sure to take it. And if you show symptoms, make sure to get some rest. Jenna today Governor Terry branstad delivered the 2016 condition of the state address. The governor says the state has made some signaficant progress since 2010. He highlighted over 214thousand jobs have been added in the state, and the unemployment added in the state, and the Unemployment Rate has been cut nearly in half. Currently it stands at 3 point 4 percent; back in 2010 it was over 6 percent. He also highlighted iowas Education Funding is up 35 percent. Gov. Terry branstad restoring fiscal dicipline, we did it by focusing on economic growth, we did it by investing in our children. But the key to ignighting this engine of success has been truely a willingness to work together. The governor also added more iowans are employed now then ever before in state history. Tim democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton is no longer wearing the label of front runner in iowa. Less than 3 weeks before the iowa caucus, a new Quinnipiac University poll give the advantage to Bernie Sanders. Dispite the news. Clinton staged Campaign Events in ames at Iowa State University and in dubuque today. She spoke on how she e nts to prevent gun violence, help children afford College Without a lifetime of debt and help family get paid leave so that their families arent struggling. Clinton also included many other actions she plans to accomplish if elected. Jenna Monmouth University show senator Bernie Sanders ahead of Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire as well. The poll shows sanders leading clinton 53 to 39 in the early voting state. The monmouth polls have swung back and forth between the two candidates. In novovber, clinton led sanders by three points. In september, sanders was leading by seven. Tim president obamas final state of the union speech is this evening. So as he enters the final months of his presidency, what kind of message does he plan on delivering . Dianne gallagher takes a look. President obama plans to strike an optimistic tone in his final state of the Union Address tuesday evening. In an interview aired on nbcs today show the president said while litical bickering continueuenonstop at the capitol on main street its a different story theres no doubt that politics in washington are so much more divided than the American People are. This while Republican White House hopefuls such as donald trump continue to find an audience that believes things are not going well in this country. The president was asked if he feels responsible for that anger the message that donald trump is times during the course of our history. You know, talk to me if he wins, then well have a conversation about how responsible i feel about it. Looking ahead. Mister obama says americans have plenty of reason to feel optimistic the economy right now is doing better than any other economy in the world d a significant margin. We remain the strongest t tion on earth by far and there are no existential threats facing us, but if we make some good choices now, whoever the next president is, whoever is contlling the next congress there, hes no reason why we shouldnt own the 21st century. The president would not say directly if he would miss giving the state of the Union Address but did refer to its traditions as a quote wonderful spectacle im Dianne Gallagher reporting. Jenna microsoft Ceo Satya Nadella will first lady at tonights state of the Union Address. One topic president obama plans to discuss ramping up stem and Computer Science education, in an effort to place more americans in highpaying technology jobs. Microsoft has long pushed for more investment in Technology Education the president also plans on pushing for more parental leave, which nadella also supports. Other guests of the first lady include spencer stone, the hero who thwarted a terror attack on a parisbound train. Tim if you miss the state of the union, not to worry, amazon has you covered . The white house and amazon have struck a deal to put the speech on amazons online video site. Itll be available to all customers starting on wednesday through the end of the week. The state of the union will not be connected to amazon prime. Instead, the speech will be amazon video for free. Tim also if youre looking to live stream the state of the Union Address, we will be streaming it from our website, thats siouxland matters dot com. Jenna and speaking of the presidnet. Tomorrow he will be in omaha making a speech on gun control. But if you were thinking about attending. Unfortunately its too late all 8,000 tickets to the eventat the university of nebomaha are sold out. Tim will the powerball insanity stop on wednesday night . the jackpot is now up to 1 point5 billion dollars the next drawing is january 13 at 10 59 pm. The odds of hitting the jackpot on a single ticket are one in 292point2 million. Tim 0 still to come. What you eat can make you feel much better. And if you have arthritis, every little bit helps. Weve got some tips. It wont be as cold tonight, and tomorrow wilbe a treat with warmer temperatures moving in. But another round of cold air is coming for the upcoming weekend. Your fofocast is after the break fred dad i know. Spots. Culligan man the problem is your water anncr a culligan wholehouse wateteconditioning system gets rid of sedimenenor impurities. So keeping everything spotless is effortless. Mom hey. Dad the culligan man. Culligan man the problem is your water anncr a culligan wholehouse water conditioning system gets rid of sediment or impurities. So keeping everything spotless is effortless. Dad spots. Culligan man the problem is your water fred, please tell us its going to warm up fred it will, starting tomorrow fred fred a time lapse of the Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd shows that we had alternating periods of partly to mostly cloudy skies today. The high today was 13 and the low 1. 11 is our temperature in sioux city. While the dew point is low 1 showing dry air, we are actually going to warm slowly through the night as a warm front lifts through local temperatures are 0 in estherville and Single Digits and teens elsewhere. Winds are south and west at 5 to 10 miles estherville and Single Digits and teens above and below zero elsewhere. If we look at midwest temperatures, we can see warm air parked not far to our southwest. North platte has 46 the warm front separating our cold air and those mild conditions will move through siouxland tonight, resulting in a much warmer day tomorrow. There is a band of clouds along this warm front, and the clouds will remain overnight for the most part, but no snow is expected. The stormcast hd shows the warm front moving through tonight. Tomorrow will bebe much warmer, and thursday also looks nice, but a cold front will begin to move in friday, kicking off an arctic blast cooldown that will last through the weekend and into early next week. Your forecast for tonight is for an early low of 10, then rising temperatures under mostly cloudy skies. Tomorrow, look for partly cloudy skies and a much warmer high of 35. The 7day forecast shows 37 on thursday, then breezy and 28 friday. Highs over the weekend and early next week are in the teens, with lows below zero. On this day in 1912, the coldest temperature ever recorded in sioux city was seen35 tonights ask fred prize is 4 tickets to king of the cage at winnavegas to enter, email fhexom kcautv. C om or enter on our abc9 News Facebook page. Jenna tim thanks, fred. fred you bet. Coming up after the break we have diet jenna but when you suffer from Rheumatoid Arthritis, it could make a big difference. In todays health minute, holly firfer takes a look at some of the foods that can ease some of the symptoms. Most anyone suffering from Rheumatoid Arthritis will tell you they will do or try just about anything to relieve the pain. One way is through what you eat. Although there is no specific diet to treat ra. There are foods known to reduce inflammation. Which doctors say, may help. First go with at least three to four ounces of fish twice a week. They are rich in omega 3 fatty acids which fight some of the proteins in your body that cause inflammation. Beans are loaded with fiber, which helps reduce a protein in the body that can cause inflammation. They also help build muscle which helps support the joints affected by ra. And remember when mom wouldnt let you leave the table without eating your broccoli . Well, she really cared for you because fruits and vegetables are great sources of antioxidants which can also reduce inflammation. Refined sugar. Yep, the kind in doughnuts, cookies, candy, brownies, ice cream. Oh, sorry. Basically the stuff that tastetereally good. Is really not good for you. Chronic bodys ability to break down sugars. That can lead to weight gain which puts pressure on the joints and can lead to other Health Issues like diabetes and heart disease. For todays health minute, im holly firfer. Tag jenna one last tip some medications used to treat ra can cause you to retain water. So try to limit your salt intake too. After the break. Well take a look at some fun new drinks for starbucks lovers jenna an Arizona Special way to share americas love of coffee this valentines day. Tony aguilar created new frappuccinos for customers to try on february 14th. He posted his creations online. The first offering is called the valentine frappuccino. It has strawberries and cream with raspberry at the bottom. Vanilla bean in the middle. And blackberry and ipped cream on top. The second offering love bean frappuccino has vanilla bean with raspberry pumps. Topped with raspberry infused whipped cream and chocolate tim Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg is getting both support and backlash after posting a photo of his baby daughter, as she was about to get her vaccinations. Andrew spencer explains. It may seem like an innocent picture of a dad taking his baby in for her shots. The caption says doctors visit time for vaccines but when the dad is facebook founderMark Zuckerberg, those five words carry much more weight. Zuckererrg posted the picture of him with his new daughter, maxima. That prompted those who are against vaccines to post some harsh comments to the new dad. Among them injecting newborns and infants with disease and neurotoxins is disgusting science that injures millions every year, and shame on all of you and your souls. Many antivaccine advocates claim theres a link between vaccines and autism. However, thats now been widely discredited. Others thanked the new dad for making the statement. While its not clear if Mark Zuckerberg planned to make a statement on vaccines, but in the past, he has addressed the issue. Saying the science is completely clear vaccines work and are important for the health of everyone in our community. Im Andrew Spencer reporting. Jenna freds back next with a final check of our forecast. Your forecast for under mostly cloudy skies. Tomorrow, look for partly cloudy skies and a much warmer high of 35. The 7day forecast shows 37 on thursday, then breezy and 28 friday. Highs over the weekend and early next week are in the Single Digits and teens, with lows below zero. On this day in 1912, the coldest temperature ever recorded in sioux city was seen35 tonights ask fred prize is 4 tickets to king of the cage at winnavegas to enter, email fhexom kcautv. C om or enter on our abc9 News Facebook page