SAC COUNTY AUTHORITIES SAY NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED YET IN AN ALLEGED ANIMAL ABUSE CASE NEAR KIRON, IOWA.

88 DOGS AND ONE CAT WERE RESCUED BY AUTHORITIES FROM A DOG BREEDER'S PROPERTY THERE THURSDAY MORNING. FIVE DOGS WERE FOUND DEAD AT THE RURAL PROPERTY OWNED BY MARY BRODERSON.

CHIEF DEPUTY SCOTT BROUWER SAYS AUTHORITES MADE THREE VISITS IN TEN DAYS TO THE PROPERTY, BUT WERE UNABLE TO LOCATE BRODERSON, OR ANY OTHER PERSON ON THE PROPERTY.

BRODERSON IS NOT LICENSED BY THE USDA TO SELL ANY OF THE DOGS. THE DOGS WERE MAINLY COCKER SPANIELS AND 14 ARE BEING CARED FOR IN SIOUX CITY.

THE INVESTIGATION OF THE CASE IS CONTINUING.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS HALL OF SIOUX CITY HAS INTRODUCED A BILL IN THE IOWA LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD PROTECT SENIOR CITIZENS FROM PROPERTY TAX INCREASES:

UNDER THE MEASURE, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES WOULD ONLY INCREASE IF THE HOMEOWNER MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY.

ANOTHER PART OF HALL'S PLAN ALLOWS MORE TIME FOR HOMEOWNERS OF ANY AGE TO APPEAL A TAX INCREASE ON THEIR PROPERTY:

IF HALL'S MEASURE PASSES, THE PROPERTY TAX FREEZE FOR THOSE OVER 65 WOULD BE RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

NEBRASKA ATTORNEY GENERAL JON BRUNING BROUGHT HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE U.S. SENATE TO SOUTH SIOUX CITY FRIDAY.

BRUNING, A REPUBLICAN WHO HAS SERVED THREE TERMS AS STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, IS ONE OF THE LEAD FIGURES IN A LAWSUIT TO REPEAL "OBAMACARE":

BRUNING SAYS HE'S ALSO RUNNING BECAUSE FEDERAL SPENDING AND THE SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT HAS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL:

BRUNING HOPES TO WIN THE U.S. SENATE SEAT BEING VACATED BY RETIRING DEMOCRAT BEN NELSON.

THE 32ND ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF OKOBOJI WINTER GAMES ARE UNDERWAY AT THE IOWA GREAT LAKES.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR JEN JOHNSON SAYS WHILE THERE IS SNOW ON THE GROUND, THE MILD WINTER WILL PREVENT ANY ACTIVITIES FROM BEING HELD ON THE LAKES THEMSELVES:

   
THAT MEANS MANY EVENTS HAVE BEEN MOVED ON LAND THIS WEEKEND:

ORGANIZERS ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR SNOWMOBILES AT HOME THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE THIN ICE.

THE OKOBOJI WINTER GAMES CONCLUDE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A LINK TO THEIR SCHEDULE IS BELOW.

OKOBOJI GAMES SCHEDULE