Decisions on when to inform parents. 3 3 i cant speak to that, but physically in this case, because there are other Decision Making bodies and there are others than just me, and so we take this very seriously, you know those that are out in our community and hear about a challenge like this they come to a conclusion about the student that may not be true about this location. The student in question has only been identified at this point as a 12 year old, 6th grade boy. He was arrested and is facing charges of carrying a concealed weapon. 3 and we determined that the safest thing for our students and our Staff Members as well was to bring those into the building that werent involved in the threat. We quickly determined this wasnt a was a single student threat. Classes continued as normal both yesterday and today at north middle school. Reporting live, 3 im jetske wauran, siouxland news. Back to you diana. 3 3 meanwhile. The Sioux City Police department is encouraging gun owners to keep their firearms safe and locked. 3 police are offering free gun locks in an effort to keep adults and kids safe. Officials say, children may find the gun and pull the trigger accidentally, that could cause fatal injuries. The free gun lock is made up of steel cable, and is secured to a padlock. 3 were limiting it right now to two locks per family and ask them to use the locks and keep that gun safe. Want to let anybody know its very simple just come to the front lock and thats all you got to do. If you would like a free gunlock, you could pick it up at the sioux city Polic Department at 601 douglas street. 3 3 Authorities Say theyve found a sioux city woman missing since this weekend. 24yearold shuhneekwa Shaniqwa Hayes had been missing since sunday afternoon. Her home is in sioux citys leeds neighborhood. And she works at the tyson plant in South Sioux City. Shes also a cheerleader for the sioux city Hornets Basketball team. Her friends reported her missing sunday after she failed to show up for work. She was found in her car. In a ditch near moville earlier today. She was taken to a hospital. There is no word on her condition. 3 3 it was an emergency call that could have been much worse for one sioux city business. 3 fire crews were called just after 1 this afternoon to the rodeway inn on zenith drive. The cause of that call was a fire on the roof of one of the hotels buildings. 3 once crews arrived on scene workers on scene and they had extinguished a small fire in a rooftop heating unit. There were no injuries reported from the fire. Investigators say it was a small electrical fire in that heating unit. 3 3 investigators have also determined the cause of yesterdays fire at sneakys chicken on gordon drive in sioux city. That fire broke out in a storage shed behind the restaurant around 9 30 yesterday morning. Crews say improperly disposed of smoking materials caused that fire. While the fire itself was contained to the storage shed. The restaurant itself did receive smoke and water damage. The restaurant will be closed for repairs until further notice. But the stores catering business will continue to operate from a separate location. 3 3 some siouxland non profit agencies are working to coordinate their efforts in the area. Representatives from those groups gathered at the Iowa State University extensions new building on Singing Hills boulevard for that meeting gives agencies an opportunity to share information about the services they provide. And Work Together to avoid duplicating efforts. 3 it a valuable tool for local now profits because everybodys programs change all the time. We are always doing different things, adding programs, dropping programs. So its really important that everyone know what other agencies are doing so that we can make referrals siouxland agencies hold meetings like this every other year. 3 3 students in South Sioux City learned about the dangers of digital life this morning. There was about 1300 High Schoolers 3 13 Hundred High School students received a presentation on the dangers of cyberbullying and sexting from a lawyer specializing in education law. That presentation included discussion about some of the potential legal consequences of inappropriate use of social media. Unwise decisions on social media. So if i can get kids to think twice before they post something if i can save one kid from criminal charges, from scholarship lose from those kind of things its then the whole thing is worth it to me. A similar presentation for parents will be given tonight at the South Sioux City middle school auditorium. That session will begin at 6 30 p m. 3 3 typicall january weather out there. 3 3 3 the iowa state patrol is trying a new method to decrease the amount of traffic fatalities. Using social media. Trooper vince kurtz is the man behind the youtube series called windshield time. He films the 2 to 3 minute episodes on his cellphone inside his patrol car. The series was originally aimed to create discussion on safe driving in the class room. The first few segments include Winter Driving tips and future subjects will include seatbelts and drunk driving. 3 we can get that good positive Safety Information out. That kids will look at and they will take it in. And if it is watching and hopefully make a difference and reduce those traffic fatalities in that age group that we are looking at. The iowa state patrol hopes to get a new safety video out at least once each month. We have a link to them in this story on our website at siouxland news dot com. 3 3 an increased funding level for iowa schools is one of the priorities of what governor branstad calls a tight 2016 budget. The governor made that statement as part of his annual condition of the state address this morning. Branstad says that even though theres a limited amount of new tax money available to spend. Hes committed to providing for iowa schools. 3 today im proposing an increase in k12 funding of over 145 million. this additional investment would bring total k12 education spending in the state budget to over 3. 2 billion called for increases to medicaid funding. And introduced plans to fund new Water Quality initiatives. 3 3 more money for education also a high priority in south dakota this year. Governor Dennis Daugaard announcing proposals to increase teacher pay in the state. The governors plan would raise sales tax rates in the state by half a percent while cutting property taxes. And using the money to raise teacher salaries. The School Administrators of south dakota say they support the plan. And will work with the Governors Office and state lawmakers to make sure the plan is fair and beneficial to all south dakota teachers. 3 were hoping that the legislators are able to support the governors plan. Certainly its not a perfect plan, but we think its a very good plan that we can work on together to do the most we can for teachers salaries you can hear more from the Governors State of the state tonight on siouxland news at ten. 3 all eyes on capitol hill issues his final state of the Union Address to congress. As our scott thuman reports. Since obamas relationship with congress has been difficult at times, its not clear what he can do to make sure they Work Together in his final year. 3 take pkg nats the president. Of the United States if theres one thing to expect tonight, t t white house says, its a big picture visionnot just an annual todo list. But how can the president use his final state of the union to actually unify in a town thats often deemed, broken . me 850 so how does the president do anything that that people can say wre still seeing progress and its not divisive . Josh earnest, White House Press secretary 2328 well one thing we can do is certainly focus on those areas where we agree and as you point out its a little harder to find those areas these days. The president s hopeful theres middle ground on two top 2016 priorities criminal Justice ReformInternational Trade agreements. josh earnest so those are a couple of areas where we can actually work with both democrats and republicans to do some good for the country. Though. Hardly a sure thing. So the he has with gun control, immigration cuban relations may resort to more executive actions. S. Hnson, r, 101 theyre unfortunate the expansion of pesidential power has been a bipartisan effort, so you cant totally blame president obama in that, but hes taken it to the next level graphic president george w. Bush issued nearly 300 executive orders during his two terms in office. But obama isnt too far behind hes at nearly 230 so far and hinting at even more. Rep. Darin lahood, r, illinois 4 120 the president has ciciumvented e constitutional frame wowo laid out, these things should be coming to the congress, to the peoples house to be voted on that hasnt happened and thats a frustration. Scott thuman, chief Political Correspondent 124140 of course, on capitol hill, no grand statements go without a response. Immediately after the president s speech, republican South Carolina governor nikki haley will deliver what we can only surmise will be a critical reaction to the president s speech. On capitol hill, im scott thumanan 3 you can watch the state of the union and the republican tonight. Starting at 8 oclock. 3 the standards for when women should begin being screened for Breast Cancer have been under debate for years. Now. A National Task force hopes its settled the issue. The newest recommendatio ns. Coming up after the break k toninits healthwatch. 3 youre watching siouxland news at five on kmeg 14, with larry wentz, diana castillo, siouxlands chief meteorologist chad sandwell and sports director chris 3 in the past few years about breaea Cancer Screening for women. W. As Danielle Nottingham reports. A National Task force is releasing its final recommendations. 3 track the debate over Breast Cancer screening has left many women confused. mos sot its one of those Womens Health things that have changed over the years mos sot in continue to go once a year even though i know the guidlines are e ery two years now track the us prevenenve Services Task force is continuing to recommend mammograms every other year for women ages 50 to 74. The group says screening can be effective for women in their 40s, but overdiagnosis is a concern. 26 36 sot dr. Albert siu task force mount sinai hospital the benefits are smaller, the harms need to be carefully viewed. The Task Force Supports women having this information and making individualized informed choices. track the recommendations come after american cancer societytysaid in october that womom should now start annual mammograms at age 45. Doctor Freya Schnabel says shes concerned about the message young women may be getting. 53101 sot dr. Freya schnabel Nyu Langone Medical Center they dont need to examine their breasts, their doctors dont need to look, they dont need mammograms, together those three things creates a very worrisome vacuum for me we have to remember that women n their s and below still l t Breast Cancer. Nats Fortunata Kasege is 41 and is about to have her first mammogram. 1 121 15 sot Fortunata Kasege 41 years old i think prevention is better than cure. track she says she also plans to discuss how often she should be screened with her doctor. Danielle nottingham, cbs news. 3 the task force is also calling for more research on newer technologies to diagnose Breast Cancer including 3d mammograms. It says at this point. Theres not enough evidence to make recommendatio ns in those areas. 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 3 3 3 3 were just a handful of hours away from game night. North, east, and west are all inin action. Well show you what watch for. And dakota valley has already matched their win total from a season ago. And as a result they made their debut in the top five of south dakotas Boys Basketball rankings. Chris has the 3 sports, with sports director chris neyenhouse. 3 3 last season kota lleys ys Basketball Team finished the year with a record of 7 and 14. This year theyve started the season 7 and 0. And its caught the attention of the argus leader. Today the sioux falls newspaper named them the 4th ranked class a team in the state. Its the top five debut for coach jason kleiss team. During this streak to start the season the panthers have won each game by an average of momo than 15 p pnts and theyve been paced d senior tyler johnson, junior Robert Rosenquist and junior John Prochello who have each averaged in double figures. Next up for dakota valley they host wayne on friday night. You can see that right here on game night 3 meanwhile on the ladies side both nebraska preps and the argus leader in south dakota have released their rankings surprise South Sioux City, after wins over iowa class 5a number 14 west, sioux city east, and last years state champion runners up norfolk, have jumped from seventh into the top five. The fifth ranked and 111 cardinals had to go to florida for a tournament last month to get their only loss of the season. 3 heres what else we learned from the polls. No other siouxland teams jumped into the Nebraska Class a rankings so we skip to class c1. Very Little Movement there. Number four pierce stays right there. The defending class c1 state champions, all theyve done is win at 120. Not sure how three teams are considered better, two of which have losses but thats just how it goes i guess. West point beemer at 91 stays at 6th. Wayne at 103 jumps into 7th. In class c2 at 100 Guardian Angels is still number one. They finished third last year. Crofton won the state title and at 102 they are in second again. Over in d1 howellsdodge stays in 1st. They finished third a year ago and they are 83. Emerson hubbard lost to howells dodge they are 101 and still in 2nd. Pender at 76 remains the 10th ranked team. Over in class d2 last years d1 state champs oneiell saint marys is 92 and still in third. Wynot, last years d2 runners up jumps from 9th to 8th they are 72. And over in south dakota elk point jefferson, they made the tournament a year ago, they drop from 3rd to 5th. They are 72 this season. 3 that leads us to game night tonight several huge matchups on tap including iowa class 2as Number One Team westernrn christian playing at 3as number 9 mocfloyd valley 3 sioux center plays at le mars too. The warriors want their ranking back. Should be a great way to start game night. Sergeant bluff luton heads to sioux city west as well. The black raiders play host to cbal as well. And sioux city north plays host to Council Bluffs thomas pirates of emersonhubbard take their crack at the number one and undefeated defending state champs winnebago. On the ladies side 14th ranked west hosts Sergeant Bluff luton. Easts hosts cbal. Sioux city north hosts the Yellow Jackets and marcus meridan cleghorn heads to Le Mars Gehlen 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3