Gosch said. And is a gift that will benefit families for years to come. All in elizabeths name. Were celebrating her birthday, said jeremy cotter, father. And, this is her birthday present to the hospital and to other families. It feels good to do that. Through their gofundme page, the cotters raised enough to buy the cuddle cot. And donate 2,700 dollars to the neonatal intesive care unit at st. Lukes. That where evelynne spent the first month of her life after the emergency csection. By the way, the cotters had enough money to buy the cuddle cot within the first month of fundraising. For the last few weeks, ive followed the cotters as they embarked on this journey to give other parents the tools to cope with their own grief. And, i want to thank them for opening their lives, im grateful for the opportunity they gave me to tell their story. sheila shifting gears. We got to see some sun today but is another mix very far off . Chief meteorologis t ron demers is here to tell us more. Weather adlib once we got through the morning clouds, much of siouxland got to finally enjoy a little bit of sunshine with highs staying above average in the 30s and 40s. The steady north breeze that we felt today will stay with us tonight and tomorrow as well and then it becomes windy on thursday. Well see more clouds move in during the day on wednesday which could give us a chance of a late day mix that could linger into the nighttime hours as well. A plea hearing has been set for charged with killing his mother. Jonathan neunaber has a hearing set for monday afternoon. He is charged with first degree murder in the death of Esther Neunaber in july of 2014. The bodies of both esther and her husband donald were found in their farm home near akron. Authorities say donald died of natural causes. He has pleaded not guilty in the case. In january he was found competent to stand trial. Nebraskans who oppose the Death Penalty are launching a statewide campaign. The group retain a just nebraska will announce the next phase of its campaign tomorrow at the capitol. They will ask voters to reject a proposal that would keep the Death Penalty legal in the state. Lawmakers abolished the Death Penalty in may, but supporters responded with a petition that would bring the issue to the public in november for the general eleciton. The iowa house passed several bills expanding gun rights in the state. Would allow children under 14 to use handguns with parental supervision. The house voted in support of five gun bills now headed to the senate. Transgender advocates protested at the south dakota capitol today. They urged Governor Dennis Daugaard to veto a bill that would require students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex at birth. Governor Dennis Daugaard says meeting with transgender people put a human face on the bill that would make south dakota the first state to pass such a law. But the governor said after todays meeting that he will still have to weigh both before deciding whether he will daugaard previously said that he knowingly met a transgender the argosy casino sailed away from sioux city over a year ago. But, the floating casinos legal battles continue. The Iowa Supreme Court referred an appeal, by the belle of sioux city, a Penn National gaming subsidiary that operated the argosy, to the iowa court of appeals in december. That appeal centers on the iowa racing and Gaming Commissions extend the riverboats gaming license. Instead, the irgc awarded that license to the Hard Rock Hotel and casino, and its nonprofit partner Missouri River historical development. The argosy riverboat was removed from the Missouri Riverfront and sold to a shipyard in illinois. matt todays the day the belle is heard before the court of appeals. sheila the appellants and appellees met at 2 30 at the Iowa Judicial Branch building in des moines. Thats where we find ktivs tommie clark with live link 4. And tommie, give us the latest on the legal battle from today . Matt and sheila, right in the Iowa Judicial Branch building behind me, lawyers from both sides made their arguments to the court and now were awaiting their decision. They were heard by a threejudge panel. Those judges say they will make further deliberations and then come out with their decision as soon as possible. This all surrounds the belle challenging two decisions entered by the District Court in polk county affirming the decisions of the racing Gaming Commission to solicite new bids and to award that license to the hard license to operate the argosy casino. I spoke with attorneys from both sides who say they felt the judges were very well informed and theyre looking forward to the decision. Ill have more details tonight on news 4 at ten. Matt and sheila . matt thanks tommie. Its something you cant avoid when on the street. But sioux city crews are working to make the drive easier. Ktivs tiffanynyane has the details. Matt and sheila, potholes can make a drive and today, i was out with sioux city street crews as they showed me the pcess behind fixing the problem. Sioux city Field Services. I do have a crew thats dedicated 365 days a year to potholes. And those potholes are not small in numbers. In 2015, Field Service crews tched up more than 3 3 thousand potholes. This year, they have already filled more than threethousand of them. So how are they fixed . It begins with one crew clearing debris from the holes. Then, they will use a sealant that will hold in the asphalt that the second crew fills. Theyll put the hot mix into the pothole and do the proper compactions and leveling. Su sioux city street crews say it takes about a minute to prep and fill potholes like this one. And depending on the weather and need, they fix about 50 to 400 potholes a day. This time of year with the moisture that is in the ground, and the amountntf traffic that contities to beat up these potholes, a pothole, once we repair it, it could last anywhere from a day to a week to a month. A lot of that momoture comes from the above average snowfall sioux city experienced this winter. Streets where buses and emergency vehicles need a smooth ride. But they say the goal is to keep bumps out of the road. Now there are about 13 crew members during the day and about six to ten at night that fix city potholes. They say one way that pepele can help make things easier for them is calling or emailing about pothole issues and giving them space if you see them out on the streets. Matt and sheila . Still to come. Bishop heelan is one step closer to beginning construction on phase two of the school renovations. Which includes a once we got through the morning clouds, much of siouxland got to finally enjoy a little bit of sunshine with highs staying above average in the 30s and 40s. The steady north breeze that we felt today will stay with us tonight and tomorrow as well and then it becomes windy on thursday. Well see more clouds move in during the day on wednesday which could give us a chance of a late day mix that could linger into the nighttime hours as well. Thursday is likely to be highs in the mid 30s. Then well see some nice warming from friday into saturday as move from the 40s into the 50s briefly. Sunday turns a little cooler and will give us another slight chance of a light matt mouthwatering meals were tempting tastebuds at the Siouxland Center for active generations. Ktivs own t. J. Springer was there taste testing some of the food featured during cruise week. The cruise ship set sail to greece to judge some of the delicous breads, appetizers, and deserts. Judges sampled things like baklava, and greek olive loaf. Entries were judged on their taste and presentation. After a full week of fun, members will finally return home from their greek cruise this friday, february 26th. What incentive would you give your kids for reading . One nebraska principal did schools are one step closer to beginning construction on phase two of the renovations. Phase two of Bishop Heelans renovation project will encompass a new gymnasium, science labs and a media center. Bishop heelan recently received a 1 point 4 Million Dollar grant from Bishop Heelan alum donald gill toward the construction. The remaining funds will be put toward college scholarships. Their tremdous committment to the people of sioux city and siouxland in general, so we are most greatful, said Bishop Heelan president jim tschann. The 10Million Dollar project will be adjacent to the new Fine Arts Center completed in august 2014. No date has been set for the start of phase two. One nebraska principal promised his students that he would kiss a pig if they met their reading goal. And they did Norfolk Catholic elementary schoho principal bill lafleur challenged his students to a read 265 total readers any day during january. If the number was met or exceeded he would in turn kiss a pig. His students fulfilled their end of the bargain by reading 266 readers twice during the month. Its just important for me to connect with the kids any way i can to show them i will do whatever it takes to get them excited about their education, to get excited about reading, bill lafleur said. The principal said it was a great to get the teachers and staff involved because it helps them achieve the goals together. South dakota agriculture secretary Lucas Lentsch says hell leave his post next month for an opportunity in the private sector. Lentsch has served as secretary of the south Dakota Department of agricultureince april 2013. He previously served as th departments director of agricultural development. Governor daugaard and his Leadership Team are beginning a search for lentschs replacement. Brads here its been a great year for the briar cliff men. The chargers won the gpac title and are the topseed in the conference tournament. And, the hawkeyes prepare for wiscononn on wednesday a team iowas hasnt beaten in three the gpac, the briar cliff Mens Basketball Team has already clinched a spot in the Naia National Tournament in missouri. The chargers are the tournament, which starts on wednesday night. Briar cliff will host eighthseeded northwestern in round one. Plpl and are 273 overall. Bcu is just two wins away from setting the School Record for wins in a season, which was set in 1979. The chargers lost in the first round of the National Tourney last season, but hope a good run in the conference tourney will propel them to bigger things. What weve talked to the guys about is our approach to the conference tournament is one, we want to keep trying to play at a high level as we can, keep thth momentum tt weve builup over the past few months, said briar cliff head coach nic neon. And then secondly its about positioning ourself for the best possible seed at the national tournament. We want to go down to branson and be in as favorable condition as we possibly can be. Briar cliff, whos 4th in the new naia poll and northwestern play at 8 oclock wednesday. Morningngde is number11n the new womens poll and host st. Mary at 7. The 8thranked hawkeyes are back home on wednesday night to play wisconsin. Iowa has won 16 straight at carverhawkeye arena. Wisconsin started 14 in big ten play, but have won eight of their last nine. The badgers had a coaching bo ryan, but are 10 and 5 under new coach greg gard. The badgers have beaten the hawkeyes five straight times and ioio is looking for morere balanced scoring behing jarard uthoff and peter jok. I kind of give my guys the green light, said coach fran mcaffery. So its not like im going to turn so and so loose. Mike can shoot it when he wants sapp can shoot it when he wants. Woodbury really understands how hes effective scoring the ball. Ttyre gogog to play hard, theyre going g play physical, said freshman nicholas baer. They have some great, talented bigs that can n retch you. Nigel hayes and Bronson Koenig are their leaders and they do a realll nice job off leading them. Iowa and wiscons tipoff at 8 oclock wednesday on the big ten network. Iowa state lost for the third time in five games last night with a 9787 loss at number14 west virginia. The 17thranked cyclones continue to be last in the big 12 in points allowed and were out rebounded for the tenth straight game. The mountaineers bench outscored the ioio state reserves, 69 9 10. Abdel nader leisu with 23 points. Iowa state, who is now 199 overall and 87 in the on saturday afternoon. There is plenty of High School Basketball on the schedule tonight. In iowa, class 1a and 2a boys teams continue district play. 2a winners will be just one win away from the state tournament. In nebraska, class c and boys teams are ssll in subdistrict action. Well haveveighlights and scoreses from each state tonight at ten. The iowa girls state tournament brackets will ne complete after regional finals tonight. In class 5a, sioux city west will earn a state trip if they can upset thirdranked ankeny centennial. Were in ankeny for the highlights. Spencer visits second ranked harlan in class 4a. In nebraska, the top ranked South Sioux City girls start district play at home against grand island. E dakota valley girls start districts agaiait canton. Well sort out the winners and tonight on ktiv and nbc, Hollywood Game Night starts at 7 followed by chicago med at 8 and chicago fire at 9. Then tonight on news four at ten. Nevada republicans hold their caucuses tonight, and donald trump is warning his supporters to keep an eyeyout for dishonest stuff. At a rally in sparks, trump says if you see something going on thats fishy with the paper ballots, report em to the police. Tonight partly cloudy. Low 24 wind n 1015 mph tomorrow late day mix . High 40 wind n 1020 mph et is up next. Dont forget to go to ktivdot com for all of your news, weather, and sports. See you tonight ins an erin Andrews Court ca her most private moments recorded through a peephole. Why shes now bringing the hotel forhe stalking scandal. Then inside charlie sheens legal battle with denise richards. 55,0 a month tax free. Her allegations of disturbing texts. Kloe kardashian getting