Temperatures have arrived and the snow is sticking. Over the weekend. Snow fell near the great lakes. And widespread flurries across the northeast. Abcs Stephanie Ramos has the latest. Its beginning to look alot like. Winter. Snow falling and plopping the weather is changing on us fast. Just last week near syracuse, new york this is what it looked like. A week later. This. Kennedy lamb mexico new york i woke up this morning and thought it was christmas. It may be the season has already swept from thest into parts of the east. Across upstate new york a blaststf winter bringngg dangerous conditions . More than 50 accidents in syracuse blamed in part on icy roads. Snow. Collecting on this backyard deck. Nine inches so far. And another backyard buried under the snow. Lynnette west resident i have not seen this snow this early in a long time . The snow also falling early in parts of upper michigan. Nats more snow nats . But in grand rapipi. Just plain cold. Natsrace temps in the mid30s didnt stop these dedicated marathon runners. Its good weather to run in. This is great weather to run in. Thousands of runners taking the cold weather in stride. Forecasters say despite the chilly temps. And snow already falling in parts of the country. A first frost like this isisot unusual. Thesescold temps will linger into today across much of the east. But heres some good news. Its going to warm later in the week. So get ready to ditch the cold weather gear. Stephanie ramos abc news washington. Jessica rae one siouxland family is now publically reacting to the news the woman whwh killed their daughter, will not serve her full sentence. Autumn elgersma a 3 year old in orange city, died 2 years ago when her daycare provider threw her down the stairs. Rochelle sapp pleaded guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter and child endangerment resulting in autumns death and was sentenced to 100 years in prison. But autumns family was shocked and outraged when a judge cut that sentence on thursday. Blown away. I did not an option for the judge to reconsider it when rochelle had signed a plea agreement. I believe forgot who the true victim in this case is. Ssica rae autumns family tells usushat what bothers them the most, is they dont feel as though sapp has shown any remorse, even in her court appearances. Theres just a taking any responsibility for her actions and she is showing no remorse. Her behavior was stone cold and i really wish people woulul have been able to e that and it would d maybe help them m are so angry. The elgersma family is honoring autumn by helping start a center in her memory for children who have been abused. We have more r website, siououand matters dot com. Jessica rae dozens of protestors gathered right outside governor branstads weekend over planned parenthood. Branstad has been under pressure from Iowa Republicans to elminate all government funding for planned parenthood. But the govenor says he doesnt have Legal Authority to stripip planned parenthood of taxpayer funding. An effort to do so could lead to a lawsuit. This group doesnt agree. We do not want our iowa tax payer dollars being taken out of our pockets and given to planned parenthood to support the slaughter of the next generation of iowa jessica rae the governor says a aording to the Iowa Attorney generals office. Parenthood their under the grants theyve recieved from the state. He feels if the case went to court. The state would lose. Jessica rae vintage books and antiques were the talk of the town this weekend. For the pierce mansions annual book sale. While people were able to tour the historic mansion. A number of collectibles and books were also sold at this years peirce mansion sale. The sale is to raise money for the mansion. As well as a few planned remodel projects. Kathy flinginger. A board member for the mansion. Says the book sale has been a Great Success for them. Were very excit. Weve sold lots of nice things, and weve given people some bargains, and i think people have been real happy with it, so well probably do it again. Jessica rae and here are some fun facts about the mansion. The mansion was originally built in 1893 by local developer john peirce. Ititas purchased by the Junior League of sioux city for ten thousand dollars in 1958. And is listed on the National Register of historic places. Jessica rae amazon is going after people who reportedly sell fake reviews for products on its website. The company says more than a thousand people sold 5star reviews through fiverrdotcom. Thats a website where oddjobs can be picked up for as little as 5 dollars. Amazons policy bans fake product reviews. So the company sued those people for breach of contract and violating federal consumer laws. Fiverr says sellers solicit fake reviews everywhere. But its polili is only the people who made a purchase can post a review. Jessica rae still to come. Ill tell you how one paraplegic man is fighting to make his favorite shooting range handicapped accessible youll hear how he plans to do this. After the break. Scott well have. Youre watching abc9 n ns this morning. With. Jessica rae. And meteorologist scott larson. This is abc9 news this morning. Southwest wind. Dry air and sunshine are going to team up to bring us some very warm temperatures this afternoon as highs exceed 80 degrees. A cold front boundary will sit over siouxland tuesday and into wednesday. This will have a pretty minor effect on our weather. Well see some additional cloud cover and possibly a few showers. The cold front sweeps through by wednesday morning and well see temperatures fall off with highs diminishing into the 60s. Todays high is 82 cloudy skies tonight. Tomorrow, were heading into the upper 70s with partly cloudy conditions and a handful of showers. Heres your 7 day forecast where weve got a strong chance of rain on friday and a gradual decline in temperatures from near 80 to near 60. Jessica rae southwest wind. Dry air and sunshine are going to team up to bring us some very warm temperatures this afternoon as highs exceed 80 degrees. A cold tuesday and into wednesday. This will have a pretty minor effect on our weather. Well see some additional cloud cover and possibly a few showers. The cold front sweeps through by wednesday morning and well see temperatures fall off with highs diminishing into the 60s. Todays high is 82 with sunshine. Our low is 57 with partly cloudy skies public shooting ranges give gun enthusiast a free place for safe target practice. But many arent handicapped accessible. However, one iowa man is hoping to change that at his favorite range near oyens. Abc9 News ReporterDeborah Souverain has his story al lenters loves taking aim at the bullseye at the oyens shooting range. Near oyens, iowa. Natpop lenters shooting at target. He just wishes he could go alone. I always have someone go with me in case i get stuck, said lenters. Natpop did you get stuck . Wife pulling lenters wheelchair. The issues begin once he leaves his vehicle. Right now its just paved with these round rocks and my chair does not have much ground clearance. These peebles. Natpop al driving wheelchair over pebbles. Make it hard to get around. And getting comfortable at a shooting bench is nearly impossible. Changing the bench set up here, to something that i can get under with my chair. Its kind of hard to reach, said al lenters. Hes hoping to change all of that by teaming up with the tristate range association. The non profit. Which already works to clean up the range. Plans to make the facility wheelchair accessible. We are going to pave a double wide parking spot, we are going to make a new entrance off of said parking spot and we are going to pave some access sidewalks and a concrete shooting pad the renovations are being done through volunteer work and donations. And its expected to be completed by spring of next year. A gofund me account was set up to help. Lenters, who became a paraplegic after a motorcycle accident in 2002. Says hes looking forward to the changes. Now if we do some improvements to it, it will be that much better, said lenters. Deborah souverain jessica rae lenters. Deborah souverain abc 9 news. Jessica rae a go fund me account was created to complete the renovations. Their goal is 5 thousand dollars. Jessica rae for a link to the go fund me page. Visit this story on our website. Siouxland matters dot com jessica rae when we come back. Ill show you some of the best and most beautiful wildlife photos of the year. And what they mean to their artists. Jessica rae plus. Ill tell you how one of australias most recognized animals. Made his way to a new york neighborhood. Up next. Requires judges to sift through tens of thousands of entries from around the world. But as we learned from the Award Winning photographers themselves theres more to every picture than meets the eye. Take a look. don gutoski, grand title winner, wildlife photographer of the year the story behind the picture is i think what makes this image so important to me and certainly to other people viewing it. This moment is a red fox preying on an arctic fox. The red fox due to Climate Change is extending its range further north in canada and episodes like this will probably occur more frequently. Its the simplicity. Its the symmetry. The way the two heads line up and the tails. Its like a shot posed in a studio. connor stefanison, rising star winner, wildlife photographer of the year you can plan as long as you want but usually the best pictures are the shot that has just that little bit of luck, where something random and unexpected just happened. Its crucial. I miss so many shots because i might take a picture gets out camera and take a look at the back of the lcd and then something happens. It was one of the coolest experiences ive ever had spending time in the dark with mountain goats as they fed with the it was extremely complicated picture to take because there was no moon that night, i couldnt see anything so composing the picture was a little bit of guess work. audun rikardsen, portfolio winner, wildlife photographer of the year for me personally all these pictures are special because there is a story. A year ago a walrus which we named buddy came to an island just outside where we live. I spent days with him, played with him, he came like a dog he loves to cuddle with me. So it was a great opportunity to take pictures of this guy. I grew up in a Coastal Community where we had a really dense population of eagles and i was fascinated by the eagles from like i was a little kid. And i was thinking of that. How does it look for the fish in the millisecond before it gets dragged up in the water. It took me three years of preparation and jessica rae and speaking of wildlife. Every now and then. Youll see raccoons raiding neighborhood garbage cans. Bears roaming culdesacs in the suburbs. Even coyotes spotted in the streets of major cities. But one animal from down under has them all beat. Check it out a jumping joey on Staten Island. This feisty marsupial prompted surprised calls to 911. Urim osmani mechanic we thought first it was coming from the Staten Island zoo, but thinking how far the Staten Island how come hes here. And his brother opened up shop saturday morning at albs auto repair on travis avenue, they saw something hopping around their parking lot. Osmani mechanic i see something move i thought it was a police say the to man visiting a friend at this house on victory they say the somehow unlocked a Backyard Fence and escaped. The kangaroo was on the loose for nearly 10 minutes. standup matt kozar buster the kangaroo came dangerously close to getting hit by a car, bouncing along travis avenue, a very busy road. Fortunately, he hopped to safety passed the auto body shop. Surveillance video shows the furry fugitive happily hopping back and forth. But busters big adventure ended when the cops showed up. They cornered and released him into the custody of his owner . Who has since brought back upstate. Three years ago in the same area, a zebra named razzi and a pony named casper got lose after their owner left a gate open. The two dashed down victory boulevard. too quick to font blron osmani mechanic something you never see every day. It was definitely fun. A curious kangaroo bringing a bit of australia to Staten Island. Jessica rae Scott Jessica and scott are chatting about buster the kangaroo. Jessica and scott are chatting about buster the kangaroo. Jessica and scott are chatting about buster the kangaroo. Scott good morning siouxland. Its a windy and warm start to your monday. Temperatures are sitting in the upper 50s and lower 60s. This is about 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. The wind is from the south between 10 and 20 miles per hour. The local satellite and radar picture is pretty satellite and radar picture is pretty quiet with mostly kangaroo. Jessica and scott are chatting about buster the kangaroo. Jessica and scott are chatting about buster the kangaroo. Siouxland. Its a windy and warm start to your monday. Temperatures are sitting in the upper 50s and lower 60s. This is about 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. The wind is from the south between 10 and 20 miles per hour. The local satellite and radar picture is pretty quiet with mostly clear skies. Checking out your dayplanner it appears that well top out in the lower 80s this afternoon with sunshine. Scott heres a quick temperatures are sitting in the upper 50s and lower 60s. This is about 20 degrees warmer than yesterday. The wind is from the south between 10 and 20 miles per hour. The local satellite and radar picture is pretty dot traffic cams here at. Many folks still waking up and starting their workday. Please drive safely everyone. Scott now youll want to watch your speed in these areas today . Police will be running radars, here. I29 south and on gordon drive. So again. Mind that speed. Jessica rae after the break. Fire crews all over siouxland had a busy day yesterday. Fighting four fires throughout the day. Ill bring you the details of each fire. Acres of corn just 5 miles south of le mars iowa, a small shed ignited just before one oclock yesterday afternoon and it wasnt long before cinders from the shed blew into a nearby field, causing a raging inferno that stretched across 50 acres of standing corn. By the time fire crews from the le mars fire and rescue department got to the scene, fire chief Dave Schipper says the second fire broke out. Jessica rae schipper says the gusting winds to keep the fire contained and under control. Two sheds, tools, equipment and an unknown amount of silage along with at least 50 acres of standing corn were lost. The fire has been ruled accidental, jessica rae a harvested field outside of elk point also caught fire yesterday. Just after five oclock. Crews from both elk point and jefferson fire rescue answered the call and had the fire under control in about an hour. Firefighters are still investigating the cause of the blaze. Jessica rae and yesterday morning. Sioux city fire and rescue responded to a fire at cargill incorporated. Firefighters discovered a small fire that was determined to have been started due to an electrical switch gear malfunction. Cargill employees were required to deenergize the equipment before fire crews were able to put out the fire. Jessica rae and thats not all. Fire crews also had to re extinguish a fire at a house in sioux city that is now being ruled an arson. Sioux city fire rescue has determined a structure fire to a residence on silver street was set intentionally, the first floor of the two story home suffered heavy damages. Early sunday morning. Firefighters were called back to the residence to extinguish an area that had re ignited on the second floor of the house. No injuries were reported. Jessica rae coming up. It was a busy weekend throughout iowa. And after the break. Ill get you caught up on all the fun and excitement you may have missed out on. Stay with us scott lets get a look at the almanac where yesterdays High Temperature was 72 after a morning low of 38. Well check conditions outside on the Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd and the kings pointe skycam hd in storm lake. Pollen levels are currently low. Well now check Current Conditions where temperatures are in the upper 50s and lower 60s. The wind is directed from the south and southwest. Its very dry and a red flag warning is in effect during this afternoon in eastern siouxland please avoid all outdoor burning heres your stormcast hd where today we highlight a breezy south and southwest wind. Dry air and sunshine are going to team up to bring us some very warm temperatures this afternoon as highs exceed 80 degrees. A cold front boundary will sit over siouxland tuesday and into wednesday. This will have a pretty minor effect on our weather. Well see some additional cloud cover and possibly a few showers. The cold front sweeps through by wednesday morning and well se temperatures fall off with highs diminishing into the 60s. Todays high is 82 with sunshine. Our low is 57 with partly cloudy skies tonight. Tomorrow, were heading into the upper 70s with partly cloudy conditions and a handful of showers. Heres your 7 day forecast where weve got a strong chance of rain on friday and a gradual decline in temperatures from near 80 to near 60. Jessica rae after a morning low of 38. Well check conditions outside on the Port Neal Welding Company skycam hd and the kings pointe skycam hd in storm lake. Now check Current Conditions where temperatures are in the upper 50s and lower 60s. The wind is directed from the south and southwest. Its very dry and a red flag warning is in effect during this afternoon in eastern siouxland please avoid all outdoor burning heres your stormcast hd where today we highlight a breezy south and southwest wind. Dry air and sunshine are going to team up to bring us some very warm temperatures this afternoon as highs exceed 80 degrees. A cold front boundary will sit over siouxland tuesday and into wednesday. This will have a pretty minor effect on our weather. Well see some additional cloud cover and possibly a few showers. The cold front sweeps through by wednesday morning and well see temperatures fall off with highs diminishing into the 60s. Todays high is 82 with sunshine. Our low is 57 with partly cloudy skies tonight. Tomorrow, were heading into the upper 70s with partly cloudy conditions and a handful of showers. Heres your 7 day forecast where weve got a strong c