Ultimately allow residents to approve almost all forms of gambling in the state. 3 mandatory burnin courtesy denison bulletin review 3 investigators in denison are still trying to determine the cause of a weekend. Crews first responded to a fire at this home in the 15 hundred block of 1st avenue north in denison just after 6 30 saturday morning. They rescued two people from the home. 52 year old craig streck and 37 year old wendy waldemar. Waldemar later died of her injuries at Crawford County memorial hospital. Investigators from the Denison Police department, the Denison Fire Department and the Iowa State Fire Marshals Office are trying to figure out what started it. 3 3 today is traditionally the busiest day of the year for the u s postal serviceand this year, its even busier here in sioux city. Postmaster Marcus Schultze says people are sending more packages. With a 20 percent incrase in package shipments. He says to make the process of shipping presents easier on everyone. Theres a few things you 3 try to have your packages already prepared before you get here. Have the to and the from information on it so its legible and its ready to go. We have a lot of the packing supplies here but if you have everything ready to go before you get here then you only have to stand in line once schultze recommends addressing your package by using black lettering in all capital letters. And most importantly you should know 3 3 a victim of vandalism in morningside early this morning is asking the public to help identify culprit. Police say sometime between 11 30 last night and 8 15 this morning. Somebody shot out the back window of this car in the 2 thousand block of south lemon street. The owner says her vehicle has been egged and broken into before. But never damaged this badly. 3 please, im asking for help. Its christmas time i got two kids and now i got to come up with money to fix the window. Dont know what i did to deserve this. Police say the window was shot out by a bb or pellet gun. Or a. 22. Theyre investigating this as criminal mischief. And they do have Surveillance Video of the attack. Theyre asking anyone with information to give them a call and help solve this case. 3 3 kayla novak in for chad today. Its been a wet and cold kayla. 3 flood warnings along Little Sioux River at linn grove and spencer and in sac and Crawford Countymostly cloudy night as we get a break from the rain and temperatures drop into the lower 30s. Tomorrow will start cloudy but we will see a wintry mix by the afternoon which will make the switch to snow by tomorrow night. 3 a sioux City Hospital is doing what it can to protect people from the elements this winter. Mercy Medical Center has set up a hat and mitten tree in the lobby of its downtown hospital. Anyone in need of a warm winter hat or a pair of mittens can come in and take some from the tree. No questions asked. 3 we feel that its a way to give to the community and allow for those. Since we have a lot of people that walk through the skywalk here in the downtown area, a lot of people are coming in here. A lot of people see them. I think its perfectly located downtown for people to come and pick it upmercy is also a drop off location for siouxland news 2015 coats for kids campaign. You can drop of a new or gently used winter coat for kids in need here in siouxland. 3 3 heavy rains this weekend are causing an unusual problem in central iowa. Flooding. The des moines metro is being particularly hard hit. The city of clive has that are now covered with water. Here in siouxland. Flood warnings are in effect until tomorrow morning for the boyer river in crawford and sac counties. As well as for the Little Sioux River in clay county and buena vista county, which is expected to reach flood stage in spencer within the next hour. 3 3 police in ames are investigating the death of an 18 year old woman this morning. The body of emmalee jacobs of urbana, iowa was discovered by an Iowa State UniversityPolice Officer just after 7 this morning. She was taken to a hospital in ames where she died from her injuries. Police say the teen was an isu student. And its believed she was the victim of a hit and run. 3 this morning about that time, it was still dark. It was raining pretty hard at that point. And so that could have played into what happened, but again theres never a reason for someone to leave a scene of an accident. Police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the accident to call them with that information. 3 3 iowa has a new claim to fame this evening. The longest history of the united states. With today marking Terry Branstads 7 thousandth, 642nd day in office. He passes former new york governor george clinton. Who served for a total of 20 years, 11 months and 2 days between 1777 and 1804. Like clinton. Branstad has amassed his time in non consecutive terms. This morning. He held an open house in his office to greet any iowan who stopped by. And tonight. Hell celebrate his new record with an event at the iowa state fairgrounds. 3 president obama made a rare visit to the nations military headquarters today to be personally briefed on the threats facing the homeland and the fight with isis. As mark albert reports. The president came out of that meeting promising the u s is hitting isis harder than ever. 3 president obama went to the pentagon to get an update on the war with isis which he calls isil. Afterward, he had a strong message for the leaders of the terrorist group. Isil leaders cannot hide and our next message to them is pentagon briefing comes two weeks after the mass shooting in San Bernardino, california, by a couple, authorities say, had been radicalized and inspired by isis. The president did not announce any new initiatives but he did acknowledge that there is a greater sense of urgency. We recognize that progress needs to keep coming faster. No one knows that more than the countless syrians and iraqis living every day under isils terror, as well as the families of San Bernardino and paris. Republicans and even some democrats have said the us is not winning the fight against isis and urged the president to do more. Someones going to have to convince me that air power alone and special Operations Forces are going to succeed in the short term in order to prevent further things such as San Bernardino. President obama sent defense secretary ash carter to the middle east right after mondays meeting. Mark albert, cbs news, the white house. 3 on thursday, president obama Counterterrorism Center to receive a briefing on holiday threats before he leaves for his annual vacation in hawaii on friday. 3 3 dr. Ben carson is coming back to siouxland at the end of the week. After tomorrow nights c n n debate, carson will return to iowa thursday night with a stop at the spencer airport. That event is scheduled to start at 6 30. Friday. Hell have events in Buena Vista University in storm lake and Northwestern College in orange city before a rally at the stony creek inn and suites in downtown sioux city. Weve got the exact locations and times for those events in this story on our website, siouxland news dot com. 3 3 donald trump will be the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency. Thats according to the 69yearold republican president ial candidates doctor. Trump released a letter from his physician today outlining his latest medical exam. His doctor of 25years. Doctor harold bornstein. Says the g o p frontrunner has no significant medical problems and better than doctor also declared trumps Cardiovascular Health to be excellent. His only surgery. An appendectomy when he was 10yearsold. 3 3 and speaking of the donald. A new nationwide poll shows hes widening his lead over the rest of the republican president ial field. The latest Monmouth University poll released today shows trump has support of 41 percent of republicans. With ted cruz in second at just 14 percent. Last week, monmouth released their first poll showing cruz leading trump in iowa. A position supported in two other polls released this weekend. Todays poll also shows that most Republican Voters not supporting trump or cruz feel that the frontrunner doesnt have the right temperament to be commander in chief. 3 the holidays are supposed to be a time of celebration. But they can have hidden dangers for kids. Coming up after the break in tonights healthwatch. Weve got advice on how to prevent child abuse this holiday season. News at five on kmeg 14, with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell and sports director chris 3 3 the vast majority of childhood Abuse Victims know their abusers. Siouxland News Reporter kayla novak met with a child advocate to get some tips on how to keep your child safe. 3 90 percent of the time. A child knows their abuser. Amy scarmon from Mercy Child Advocacy Center knows this is hard to understand. So. You know we dont like to think about family members being the ones who abuse kids, most of the time people tend to think its strangers. But it is really important to teach your children that even people they know love and trust can do things to harm them and how to parents can do is teach their children about their body parts as soon as they become verbal. So its fine to you know to give cute names to body parts but its really a lot better if you teach them what body parts actually are, so that if they go to some body and Say Something is happening to me, other people understand what they mean. Parents should also tell their kids what parts are private, so they know where they should not be touched. So telling your kids that no matter what they tell you even if they think you will be upset or mad about it, it is still ok to come and talk about it. Children also shouldnt be left alone with just one adult or older child. I think it is also really important that you if your child looks like at a family gathering. They are a little uncomfortable with uncle so and sos tickling or giving grandma a kiss on the cheek. And they dont want to do it. That you dont push it that you just allow them to say no and if they are having a hard time being able to say no then you back them up. So remember to encourage your childs safety and voice support. Kayla novak siouxland news. 3 healthwatch is brought to you by dunes Surgical Hospital in association with mercy Medical Center. 3 hundred babies and mothers may have been exposed to tuberculosis at a california hospital by an employee. As emily turner reports. Other workers were also potentially exposed. 3 the woman responsible for exposing more than 800 people to tuberculosis is a nurse in the Maternity Ward of the Santa Clara ValleyMedical Center. The hospital says she showed no symptoms and passed their tests one month before it was detected by accident on a chest xray. Now, the hospital is trying to talk to all the people she was in contact with while her tb was active. Especialy infants. dr. Stephen harris chair of pediatrics, Santa Clara Valley medical ctr. infants have an immature immune system and tuberculosis in infants can become more severe. The infection can spread to the bloodstream and go anywhere in newborns were exposed. The hospital is now working its way through that list on patients and recommending treatment that can start as early as monday. dr. Stephen harris chair of pediatrics, Santa Clara Valley medical ctr. a recommendation that babies go on once daily antibiotics. And thats a big deal. We think its necessary to prevent any possibility that these babies will get tuberculosis. But its not a step to take lightly. 3 Santa Clara ValleyMedical Center said that it was reaching out to mothers who were in its care between midaugust and midnovember. The hospital will provided testing and preventative daily treatments for the infants. In addition, any mothers or parents and employees who were possibly exposed will be screened and, if necessary, 3 3 first alert weather with siouxlands kayla novak. 3 3 kayla and larry talk about todays weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 flood 3 warnings along Little Sioux River at linn grove and spencer and in sac and Crawford County. Mostly cloudy night as we get a break from the rain and temperatures drop into the lower 30s. Tomorrow will start cloudy but we will see a wintry mix by the afternoon which will make the switch to snow by tomorrow night. Light snow will continue to fall into wednesday morning and then might melt a bit into a rain snow mix for a couple hours. Thursday looks dry with temperatures in the 20s and will start to take affect this weekend starting on saturday. 3 the musketeers have scored 12 goals in their last two games. See who earned player games. Musketeers 3 the musketeers have scored 12 goals in their last two games. See who earned player of the week honors as a result. And last season usds head coach joe glenn celebrated his 200th victory. Hear how his replacement may soon be celebrating a 200th the details on the football 3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse. 3 3 this past season the university of south dakota Football Team celebrated thenhead coach joe glenns 200th ncaa victory. Following glenns retirement just before thanksgiving the school is replacing him with a man who could be celebrating a similar milestone in the next few seasons. Usd has called a press conference for tomorrow afternoon to announce the hiring of bob nielson as their new head coach. The 56yearold coached the past three seasons at Western Illinois University in macomb. And he carries a record of 186801 in 23 seasons as a head coach. That includes stops at 5 schools. The reigning Missouri ValleyFootball Conference coach of the year led the leathernecks to a 76 record en route to the second round of the fcs minnesota duluth to a pair of National Championships with 150 records. That was back in 2008 and 2010. He inherits a coyotes team coming off its fourth straight losing season. We will have coverage of this press Conference Tomorrow right here on siouxland news at 5. 3 musketeers defensemen jacob wilson has just been named ccms defensemen of the week. The ballwin missouri native and Arizona State committ played a major role in sioux citys 12goal weekend sweep of the youngstown phantoms. It was also a great night for the teady bear toss that diana and cat attended wilson picked up an assist in the musketeers friday night shootout win, and added two goals and another assist on saturday. He only trails the captain Ryan Zuhlsdorf in team scoring by defensemen, with 13 points in 20 games. And he leads all sioux city defensemen with four goals on the season. The muskies are now just one game below 500 and with a record of 11 and 12 sit in 6th place in the western conference out of 8 teams. Theyll have a chance friday against tri city at the Tyson Event Center before heading to fargo for a pair of games saturday and sunday. 3 iowa states Mens Basketball Team improved to 90 on the season with their win over the university of arkansas pine bluff last night. The cyclones renew their instate rivalry with the panthers of uni saturday evening. The same uni that already knocked off thentop ranked North Carolina earlier in the season. Head coach steve prohm credits former panthers head coach Gregg Mcdermott and current head man ben jacobson for building a great program. 3 great program. A program thats about winning. About doing things the right way. A terrific cultrure they have there. Obviously mcdermott did a great job there and jacobsen has taken over and done a phenomenal job and won a ton of games. Had a chance to watch him off and on. I remember i had a chance to watching him last year at stephen f. Austin. In the 24 you know washburn was really good that day. Watching him play. So weve got to do a great job against him. Terrific program. Obviously a lot of respect for them and what theyve been able to accomplish. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3