Burn itself out so they can go through evidence at the scene. The community of spencer, iowa mourning the loss of a High School Wrestler who died over the weekend. Today, the clay county medical examiner says the preliminary investigation shows Austin Roberts died of natural causes. He was a senior at spencer high school. The case has been turned over to the state medical examiner. Austins father told nbc news that his son had never collapsed before and they dont understand what happened. One minute he was competing for the championship and was doing fine. The third period started and he just went down and never got back up. The high school was open yesterday for grief counseling. Roberts placed eighth at state tournament last year. He planned on wrestling and playing football at Iowa Central Community college in fort dodge. Well let you know when funeral arraignment have been set. Investigators have released the cause of a deadly fire in spencer, iowa over the weekend. Firefighters responded to a a trailer home at 317 w. 18th around 1 30 saturday after putting out the flames, firefighters found the person who lived there dead. Investigators say the fire was caused by flammable items placed located too close to a space heater. But, they are not releasing the name of the victim. Sioux city fire and rescue honoring the memory of the citys first female firefighter. Today, on facebook they posted about the passing of jeanne vakulskas. She died yesterday at her home. Valulskas served from 1985 to 2007. The Fire Department says she was one of a kind and will be missed. Their prayers are with her family. Vakulskas was 63years old. matt fog will be rolling in tonight. But what does this mean for the rest of the week . For that, well toss it over to chief meteorologis t ron demers. It was a gray looking monday that had some communities battling some fog for a while. Things dont change much tonight meaning patchy fog will again be across the region and well again have to watch for slick spots since lows will be in the 20s. Clouds will hang pretty tough again on tuesday but with a stronger south wind we should warm up better with highs getting into the 40s sheila for the First Time Since july, vermont senator Bernie Sanders brought his president ial campaign back to sioux city. matt back then, sanders had to contend with siouxlands summer heat. In the last few days the democrat has taken some heat after members of his campaign improperly accessed hillary clinton. Said. When we began this campaign, we werent 5 or 10 points down, we were like 40 or 50 points down. Sanders says hell need even more support to put him on what he calls a path to victory, and a path to the white house. I think we have the possibility of pulling the biggest political upset in the modern history of the United States, sanders said. Due to increased interest, the Sanders Campaign moved the location from the boys club of sioux city to the Sioux City Convention center. More than 1,000 people were on hand, tonight. Today, the senator expressed how far his campaign has come. They now have 2. 3 Million Campaign contributions. Supporters throughout siouxland, many of them students, say theyre in favor of his plan to make public colleges and universities free. Ive got a lot of friends who are really worried about the kind of debt they are going to be facing when they graduate, said mason calhoun, a senior at the university of south dakota. Im going to have a lot of student debt that im going to have to pay when i graduate, said taryn university of south dakota. I also have a lot of friends who werent able to go to college, just on the face because they couldnt pay for it. Those feeling the bern at tonights event say they admire sanders pledge to not take any money from wall street backers. Donald trump says he wants an apology from hillary clinton. During saturdays democratic debate, clinton said trump had become the islamic states best recruiter. She claimed that, quotethey are going to people showing videos of donald trump insulting islam and muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists. donald trump r president ial candidate what happened to her . No shes terrible. Shes terrible. Donald trump is on video and isis is using him on the video to recruit. And it turned out to be a lie, shes a liar. It turned out to be a lie, turned out to be a lie. There is no evidence to back that claim and a clinton spokeswoman later said she didnt have a particular video in mind. Morning that clinton quotelies about everything. Lindsey graham is bowing out of the race for president. The republican senator from South Carolina posted a video today saying he was suspending his campaign. Hes picked up such a small level of support, graham didnt even qualify for the undercard debate last month. Graham told cnn this morning that his campaign has hit a wall. He said he had run a campaign we can be proud of that was focused on the nations security. You may not have to pay as much if youre caught speeding by Traffic Cameras on i29. Starting saturday, the penalties are as follows if youre 11 to 15 miles over the limit, the fine will be 100. 1620 miles above the speed limit youll pay 125. 00 and 150 for going 21 or more Miles Per Hour over the speed limit. Today, a legal battle between Des Moines Water Works entered a federal courtroom. The utility is suing three counties in northwest iowa. Attorneys defending sac, calhoun, and buena vista counties previously filed a lawsuit. Today a judge heard arguments from both sides to determine if those will be dismissed or not. Last january, Des Moines Water Works sued three siouxland counties. The utility is suing 10 drainage districts, claiming the water it receives from the Raccoon River is polluted by nitrates from ag operations located upstream in those counties. The counties Attorney Says that under iowa law, drainage districts are immune from lawsuits and therefore some of those counts should be thrown out. They say the utility is arguing how law works and theyre stepping outside the bounds of rules allowed regarding drainage districts. The Water Utility serving 500,000 customers in central iowa says it has spent more than one pointfive Million Dollars since december to remove nitrate from the water to keep it within safe drinking limits. The judge hopes to reach a ruling by the middle of january, if not sooner. A local Sioux City Company is expanding. Consumer supply distributing plans to build a 50,000 square foot expansion in bridgeport west industrial park. The company is a wholesale nutirion products. The Vice President says after being in business for 60 years in sioux city, they look forward to staying in town. were from sioux city, all of us and wed like very much to stay in the sioux city area. Im glad we could work with the city council to put together a tax package that allowed us to build down here in our own business district, said david patee, consumer supply disturbing llc. The Company Hopes to move into the facility in the spring. Still to come. The fda has lifted its ban on gay men donating blood. But there are still some limitations. That story on tonights healthbeat 4. It was a gray looking monday that had some communities dont change much tonight meaning patchy fog will again be across the region and well again have to watch for slick spots since lows will be in the 20s. Clouds will hang pretty tough again on tuesday but with a stronger south wind we should warm up better with highs getting into the 40s for most of us. We could see a little light rain or freezing rain develop tuesday night with wednesday night giving us a slight chance of a snow shower. Thursday looks mostly quiet but then by Christmas Day theres going to be a slight chance of light rain or snow developing in the afternoon. Some light snow could continue into friday night and saturday with another chance of some snow by still to come. After recent violent events, a a least one siouxland county sees in increase in gun permits. That story in just a few minutes. Announcer one candidate tough enough to take on the bully. Jeb bush donald, youre not going to be able to insult your way to the presidency. Thats not going t thappen. applause announcer one candidate tough enough to take on isis. Jeb will destroy isis. And keep america safe. Jeb bush the United States should not delay in leading a Global Coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. Announcer tested and proven leadership matters. Jeb bush. Overseas, gun control has taken center stage in the president ial campaigns. Fears of potenenal new gun laws are often cited as gun permit applications. Thats true for at least one siouxland county as ktivs sam curtiss reports. On a middecember day, foot traffic at shooters paradise in sioux city is slow. The owner, p pl barrett, says hes fielding more phone calls than transactions. Im getting a lot of concealed carry class questions, said paul barrrett, owner of shooters paradise. Barrett says hes answering three to four times more calls a day about the how to do it [or] how to go barrett. San bernadino shootings is the reason for the increase. But, babaett isnt sure about that. I dont know, said pauau barrett. I cant answer that. Some people in Woodbury County arent just making calls about concealed carry licenses. Theyre taking action. Just in the first week of december weve had 120 applications f fled out for carry permits, said major todd wieck. Which is a lot. Decembers applications were the most in any month since february of 2014. I think people are a litte bit more inclined to protect themselves now rather than just protecting themselves in their own home, said major todd wieck. County Sheriffs Office show they were averaging 72 permits a month until this point. Back at shooters paradise paul barrett continues to field phone calls. But, he says its nothing like the aftermath of another tragedy. Sandy hook was really a bad time, said paul barrett. Now people are thinking about it but it wasnt nothing like sandy hook. In sioux city, sam curtiss, ktiv news four. As we prepare to start a new year, there might be another spike when it comes to gun permits. Major wieck says that could be due to permit renewals. In 2011, iowa changed to a shall issue law for permits. Thosospermits are good for fiveyears. Following the attack in southern california, gun owners in siouxland are taking advantage of their 2nd amendment right chase cjeka is a coowner of american brothers in arms gun shop in sioux city. His shop has seen the impact on the stores firearm sales made by recent Mass Shootings that it really impacts sales as far as, it really increases sales, saidid american brothers in arms coowner, chase cjeka. Everybody wants to be prepared, they want to have an option of defending themselves if they have to. And, i support everybodys opinon. If you dont think we should own guns, thats your opinion and your right, and its my right to own one. Nearly 1 in 3 americans own their own firearm. Iowas average gun ownership is just slightly above that mark. We asked you earlier what your opinion was on gun control. Here are the results. 18 percent of you said you support stricter gun control laws in the United States. 79 percent said you oppose stricter gun laws and just 3 said you were unsure. You can continue to cast your vote on ktiv dot com. Still to come. A seasonal treat has been recalled. See why the Chocolate Company recalled the sweets and what you paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our r xt president to getetn there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Sanders im Bernie Sanders and i approve this message. Decadeslong ban on gay men donating blood. Gay and bisexual men will be allowed to become blood donors, as long as theyve abstained from sex for 12 months. While hiv bloodtests have become much more precise. There is a window period when newly acquired hiv recommendati on the fda stated no transmissions of hiv, hepatitis b virus, or hepatitis c virus have been documented through u. S. Licensed plasma derived products in the past two decades. Mars chocolate noror america voluntary recall today of its dove brand chocolate assortment snowflakes. The item comes in a 24 ounce purple bag. And was only sold at walmart. Dove says some 67 hundred cases of the product may contain peanuts, wheat, or eggs. Those ingredients however are nonolisted on the outer package ingredient label. There is a concern that people who have allergies to those ingredients run the risk of serious or lifethreatening allergic reaction. The manufacturer says if you bought this product and have allergy concerns you may return it the store where it was purchased for a full refund. Brads here with monday night basketball. E South Sioux City girls are in nebraskas top ten, and tried to stay undefeated against omaha mercy. And, a pair of streaks were on the line when west went to sgt. Bluff. Sports fource is next. If you havent finished your Christmas Shopping yet, youre not too late. Well show you how you can still score some great deals. And holiday get togethers with lots of for those with food allergies. ll give you some tips to stay safe this year. Bluffluton boys have lost three in a row. Wewe is going the opposite direction. The wolverines lost their first three but have won their last two on the road. Someones streak would come to an end. The straight outta west guys knew this would be a close game all night. Sbl grabs the early lead. Chris kroll had a pair of early threes and the warriors were up by five. West cuts into that lead. Noah mcwell has his shot blocked but stays with it and gets the reverse layin to fall. Wolverines down 3330 at the half. It stays tight. Darius moore with the nice spin move for 2 west led by five going to the fourth quarter. But the warriors pull it out. The game winner with a second left and sbl edges west 7472. The South Sioux City girls undefeated and ranked 10th by the omaha world herald, hosting omaha mercy. The cardinals were up big in the second half sydney hirsch drops in the corner 3 south sioux leads 6317. Now on the break Bricelyn Comstock leaves it for Marybeth Rasmussen south sioux up by 49. Everyone played in this one haley fritza drains the 3 to push the lead to 50. How abououone more . Freshman mckenna sims drops in 3 more and south sioux goes to 7 and 0 with a 7526 win. In the new iowa Boys Basketball poll sioux city east is receiving votes in class 4a after a 71 start. Iowa city west replaces valley ininhe top spot. In 3a, Bishop Heelan falls to seventh after losing to east. Mocfloyd valley is tied for ninth, while spirit lake and pellas the new number1 team. Western christian is a unanimous number1 pick in class 2a. Pocahontas area, laurensmarathon moves in at number11 undefeated ridge view and sioux center get votes. In 1a, ikmmanning moves up to fourth. Boydenhull falls to sixth after their first loss. South obrien is 8th but lost to remsen st. Marys tonight. Gt ra, arweva and mvao all get votes. See the entire poll at ktivdotcom. After losing at third ranked oklahoma on saturday, the creighton men were back home to play north texas. The 74 bluejays were playing their final game before the holiday break. The mean green just ended a 7game losing streak. Billy bluejay in the christmas spirt at the qwest center. Creighton doing a great job of giving at the holiday nice dish on the baseline to zach hansen for the reverse. Jays up 19 to 7. Then, off the miss hansen doing the dirty work. The junior from pierre, south dakota had points. More good passing. Freshman ronnie harrell, junior, drops in 2 of double digits. Not much stress for the jays tonight Tyler Clement drops in the 3 and creighton takes down north texas, 10581. Iowas kirk ferentz has finished second in the voting for ap coach of the year. Ferentz received 10 of 60 first place votes to finish behind clemsons dabo swinney, who has his tigers undefeated and are the numberone seed in the College Football playoffs. Ferentz in his 17th season will take a 121 record to the rose bowl to face stanford. The 12 wins are the most ever for a hawkeye team. Iowa leaves for the rose bowl on thursday. Tonight areas of fog. Low 24 windnd sw se 510 mph tomorrow mostly cloudy y d breezyzy