Flames, atathe twostory apartment. Officials say the deputy helped the two occupants of the apartment buildingboth occupants jumped from the second floor window, trying to escape the flames. I saw a couple of the residents that had jumped out of the second floor. They were loaded and sent off to Mercy Medical center as soon as our ambulance arrived on scene. The Woodbury County sheriffs office, sloan, hornick, salix, sergeant bluff, whiting and moville fire departments, as well as Woodbury CountyEmergency Services and Emergency Services were all on scene. And across the street, the evangelical Covenant Church opened its door, teaming up with the American Red Cross, providing food and shelter to the community, and firefighters as well. Have the church ready for people to come in, go get blankets, go whatever clothes we cocod and have folks come in. 3 the American Red Cross d members at Covenant Church have been helping the tenants throughout the afternoon. Theyre also teaming up with king closet, a local retail shop here in sloan, where they are providing free clothes to those affected by the fire. Reporting live in sloan, iowa, im jetske wauran, siouxland news. 3 iowas state auditor says e city council in the Woodbury County town of hornick failed to catch more than 100 thousand dollars in improper spending by two of the citys clerks. The state Auditors Office released a report today saying the clerk from 2001 to 2009 improperly spent more than 5 thousand dollars. And improperly documented payments to herself of more than 11 thousand. Her successor, serving from 2009 until 2012, improperly spent at least 42 hundred dollars. And failed to properly document more than 47 thousand dollars in payments to the citys mayor and council members. No charges have been filed against either former clerk. But prosecutors and the Iowa Division o ocriminal investigations both received copies of the report. 3 a the month investigation into a september car accident in rural Plymouth County has a cherokee, iowa woman behind bars this evening. The iowa state patrol crash. That sent three people to Mercy Medical center in sioux city with serious injuries. Now. They say the driver of one of the vehicles involved intentionally drove her s u v into the path of the other car. Melissa ebert of cherokee was arrested today and charged with 2 counts of attempted murder, 2 counts of serious injury by motor vehicle, and o w i second offense. Shes been booked into the Plymouth County jail in le mars. 3 3 police in sioux city are looking for two people believed to be involved with a car theft on the Near Northside last month. Theyve released these surveillance images from the kum and go store at 14th and pierce showing two persons of interest. Police are asking for the publics help identifying these two people. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 258 tips. 3 a Sioux Center Man will spend the next two years in prison and the rest of his life on the sex offender registry after accepting a plea agreement. 43 year old danny to assault with intent to commit sex abuse tuesday in exchange for the 2 year sentence. After his release. He will spend 10 years on probation and be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. He was arrested in october and charged with sexually assaulting a 14 Year Old Girl in a sioux center park back in august. 3 3 the two sioux city brothers convicted last year in federal court of assaulting two drug dealers have had their sentences upheld on appeal. The 8th Circuit Court of appeals says the life sentence given to jamal dean and the 30 year sentence given to his brother levon dean junior were proper and appropriate. The judges rejected the brothers request for a new trial in the case. They were convicted of traveling from South Sioux City to sioux city in april of 2013 to assault and rob two drug dealers. 3 3 3 we saw a few flurries throughtout the day. So does that mean more snow is on the 3 siouxland. Union pacific presented a 10 thousand dollar check to the food bank of siouxland this afternoon. This donation comes just after the holiday season. A time when donations typically drop off. But demand for the food Banks Services remain steady. 3 so it just makes all the difference in the work that we are doing to know that poeple want to step up; want to show how they care; and to do so in a really significant way. Ten thousand dollars check doesnt happen here very often, so thths really terrific news. Thth10 thousand dollar donation will let the food Bank Purchase 13 thousand pounds of food to help feed the hungry in siouxland. Over the last year. The food bank distributed nearly 2 Million Pounds of food to 100 agencies in an 11 county area. 3 3 the fugitive teenager who used an affluenza defense to avoid jail time in a deadly drunken driving crash is expected back in texas soon. As Omar Villafranca reports. Were arrested in mexico last night. 3 mexican authorities apprehended ethan couth and his mother tonya in puerto vallarta. The 18 year old had apparently tried to disguise himself his blond hair was dyed brown when he was caught. The pair disappeared earlier this month after couch missed a meeting with his probation officer. dee anderson Tarrant County sheriff they planned to disappear they had something that was almost akin to a Going Away Party before they left town. track ethan couch was given probation and no jail time two years ago after killing four people in a drunk driving crash. During the trial a psychologist testified that the teen suffered from affluenza suggesting his parents wealth left him without a sense of responsibility. Authorities say they will try to transfer couchs case to an adult court. Omarnow that hes in custody what do you want to happen to ethan couch this time around . Anderson well id like for him to be held accountable. track and they will charge his mother with hindering an apprehension. sot sharen attorney that is a 3rd degree felony that in texas carries a range of 210 years in a penitentiary. Do you want the full 10 years . I think she deserves to be incarcerated. If ethan couch case isnt transfered he faces a maximum of just four months in a juvenile facility. Omar villafranca cbs news, fort wowoh texas. 3 authorities believe the pair took off after a video surfaced appearing to show couch at a party where people were drinking alcohol. That could have led to his probation being revoked opening him up to a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. 3 donald trump is back on the campaign trail after taking a break for christmas and hes got a new target for his attacks. As mark albert reports. Hes taking on the republican candidate endorsed by New Hampshires largest newspaper. As well as the paper itself. 3 donald trump rallied with supporters in New Hampshire monday night and bashed the states largest newspaper the manchester unionleader after it published an cruru blowhard and compared him to biff tannen the bully in the back to the future trilogy. sot donald trump r president ial candidate you have a very dishonest newspaper up here. Its also a failing newspaper. Its going down the tubers. The paper is endorsing new jersey governor Chris Christie. Trump responded by saying he looked like a little boy when he hugged president obama following superstorm sandy. On tuesday, christie said he wouldnt go after the brash billionaire. Despite the urging of an audience member at a town hall. sot audience member im asking you take him on. sot Chris Christie r president ial candidate im not gonna tit for tat for him. Im bigger and better than that. Im not going to do it. standup mark albert cbs news the White House Trump is also taking on the clintons, both of them, tweeting that president clinton did little to help hillary in her 2008 bid for the white e house. sot courtesy nbc today frankly he did very, very poorly. He was not good for her, and obviously he lost to obama and that was the end of that. Trump also claimed bill clintons affair with Monica Lewinsky is fair game in his wifes campaign. Clintons degrading and she sent out a fundraising letter telling supporters we cant make donald trump stop talking. But we can make sure he never, ever becomes president. Mark albert, cbs news, the white house. 3 another republican candidate is making a stop in sioux city tonight. Florida senator marco rubio will speak tonight at the holiday inn on gordon drive. Doors open at 6 15 tonight. With rubio set to speak at 6 45. Hes currently polling in 3rd or 4th place in most polls, with support from about 13 percent of expected caucusgoers. Well have coverage of senator rubios visit tonight on siouxland news at ten. 3 3 and on the other side. The democratic frontrunner is planning to make a stop in sioux city next ek. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton will be in town tuesday, january 5th starting at 2 15 p. M. The exact location for her event has not yet been announced. Her Campaign Says secretary clinton will speak about her plans to help children and ahead in life. 3 its a deadly form of lung cancer caused by asbestos. But doctors in minnesota think theyve found a cure. Coming up after the break in tonights healthwatch. Well head inside the trial of the new treatment and meet the woman giving it a shot. 3 youre watching siouxland news at five on kmeg 14, with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell neyenhouse. G3 3 there are not many Treatment Options for people who have mesothelioma mezoethee leeomuh a rare and adly fofo of cancer. Now doctors at the mayo clinic are trying something new theyre freezing the tumor before taking it out. Marlie hall introduces us to the minnesota woman who is the first patient 3 nat sot theres a message inside that theyve written. Mary kuntzs family made her a love chain filled with an inspirational message for each day she undergoes treatment for mesothelioma mezoethee leeomuh h this one says feel better. The 68 year old grandmother was diagnosed with the very rare, very deadly form of cancer last summer. Doctors at the mayo clinic asked her to be the first patient in their trial using cryotherapy to freeze part of the tumor. sot mary kuntz mesothelioma patient my intial thoughs were hmmmmthis might be a little risky. Doctors sprayed liquid nitrogen to freeze marys tumor. Two weeks later, surgeons removed it. The goal is to trigger marys immune system to fight any remaining cancer cells. sot dr. Shandra blackmon mayo clinic surgeon this is the early explorative stage where were just looking at what is this doing to the body, how is it stimulating the immune response. Doctors say cryotherapy may also leading to an easier recovery. sot dr. Tobias peikert mayo clinic pulmonologist it also is less toxic and requires less aggressive surgery afterwards. Mary wont know for a while if the cryotherapy worked. In the meantime, she is overwhelmed by the support from her family and friends. sot mary kuntz mesothelioma patient why should they be you know sending all this love to me . Theres a lot of people that have a lot of problems. She hopes being part of the trial will not only help her but help others with the same problem. Marlie hall cbs news, new york. 3 3 if yououeed more in pep in your step for that work out. Maybe try grabbing a cup of joe beforehand. 3 researchers at the university of georgia say they have found that Drinking Coffee can enhance your endurance. The group took a closer look at previous studies on caffeine, coffee and sports. They found significant improvements in endurance performance in five of nine studies. Three of six studies found that coffee reduced perceived exertion. Their reviews of these studies. There is moderate evidence that Drinking Coffee improves endurance. Specifically in cycling and running. 3 3 first alert weather with siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell. 3 3 3 3 chad, diana and larry talk about todays weather and the upcoming forecast. 3 additional snow. Once the snow stops wednesday morning, look for overcast skies and highs that will only reach the lower 20s. Skies will slowly clear and that means wednesday night will get quite cold with temperatures falling into the single digits. Look for a very cold day on thursday with partly cloudy skies and a high near 20 degrees. We will see some sunshine but it will stay cold. The rest of the week into the weekend will see sunny skies, but temperatures will remain mostly in the 20s for highs with single digit 3 3 3 former west star basketball player sammy birkes is back in town as her waldorf team takes on morningside. Hear from her next. And west point beemer has a comeback in them in their Boys Basketball game. Would it be enough to knock off laurel concord coleridge . Chris 3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse. 3 3 after a postponement thanks to yesterdays weather the annual great northeast nebraska shootout got underway at wayne state today. 3 we start on the boys side this is west point beemer and laurel concord coleridge. 1 off the opening tip the bears get things going this is brara eddie putting laurel concord coleridge up. 2 later in the quarter back come the cadets. Off the rejection from lcc west point beemers austin streeter hits the shot. Its 8 4 bears. 3 and then check out the drive from dylan wolfgram bears taking a comfortablbl lead early. 4 but never count out the cadets they had a comeback in them this is Blake Schroedter cuts the lead to 126 lcc. West point beemer wins 6254. 3 same two teams on the girls side now in thehereat cadets up big early. But back come the bears schutte with the shot its good 2 back comes west point beemer off the inbounds this is Mckenzie Bruce with the jumper. 3 and then bruce with the drive. Its no good. But jade duhsmann is there for the putback its 379 in the first half. 4 bears not giving up. This is the aptly named shoot again this one was all win 6835. 3 3 in other girls action at the tournament norfolk tholic edges oneill l. Marys 5150. Not as close on the boys side as the knights win 7239. 3 classic briar cliff holiday classic. This is the morningside men taking on waldorf. 1 they start the game off right by feeding the big man bryce koch down low hes good for two. 2 later in the another nice move by bryce 3 he was also there to clean up for his teammates, thats a nice putback that ties the game at 7. 4 i thought bryces name was hard now i get to say Adebayo Babalola who scores morningside would go on to fall though 8074 3 girls side same two teams. Number 22 for waldorf is sioux city wests alltime leading three point shooter sammie birkes cool 1 butthis game belonged to morningside. First half this is former wakefield standout lauren lehmuhl for three she had 8 points. 2 later in the first half Allison Bachman withththe great board and the putback she had ten points. 3 4th quarter now rachell housh doing her best to help the mustangs hit the century mark in this one. 4 heres birkes now doing what she did more than any other lady wolverine in School History she hits the three. She lead her team with 13 points. Mornrngside wins 10055, wolverine coachs and players waited for birkes after the game. So sammie whats your freshman year been like so far and how does it 3 its definietley been a roller coaster ride. We had a couple of girls kind of quit so were kind of rebuilding off of that and we have all freshman maybe three upper classm. Were starting fresh. And its a learning year. Definitely. Its awesome i love seeing my friends in the stands and my old coaches and its great 3 3 3 3 3 thats all our time for now. 3 have a great evening