Im tim seaman. Jenna has the night off. The house of representatives overwhelmingly passed legislation today that would overhaul the countrys federal visa waiver program. It would bar those from iraq, syria, iran and sudan, or those who have visited those countries in the last five years, from traveling to the United States wiwiout a visa. Abc9s Deborah Souverain joins me live in studio with more on how one local musil regugee is responding. Tim, that legislation comes on the heels of a plan by gop president ial candidate ted cruz. To postpone and limit Syrian Refugees from entering the us. And while goverment officials work on ways to protect americans from comments from donald trump about muslims is raising eyebrows across the nation. Including right here in siouxland. Donald j. Trump is calling for a total and compliment shut down of muslims entering the United States until our countrys representatives can figure out what the [expletive] is going on, said donald trump,op president i
The fog wont be nearly as thick this morning as it was yesterday, but some patchy freezing drizzle is a possibility during the first half of the day, so watch out for a few slick spots on the roads. Southerly winds and some limited afternoon sun will help temperatures reach the lower 30s before another chance of light freezing rain again tonight. A few snowflakes might mix in too, but better chances of snow showers will be during the day tomorrow that shouldnt result in anything huge accumulationwise, but a coating is certainly a possibility. Well see yet another small chance of an isolated mix on thursday with some light snow possible on friday before our next big shot of cold air arrives this weekend. See graphics. Wx timer 40 an investigation is underway in the crash of a small plane near pender, nebraska that killed the the plane had been diverted from landing in sioux city because of bad weather. Ktivs tiffany lane has more. Administration officials were on scene to investigate. N
January 23rd. The Council Plans to approve the budget on march 7th. The city of dakota city, nebraska is one step closer to building a estimated 6. 6 Million Dollar waste Water Treatment plant. Today, the planning and zoning board unanimously survey. That includes plans to acquire an 80foot, permanent utility easement and a land. The next step is for the city council to approve the plans. The city of sioux city appointed three important new positions this morning. Bob scott was sworn in as the mayor of sioux city. Scott broke a record by becoming the longest serving mayor in city history. He has served the past 11 years and his fouryear term began today after running unopposed for reelection. Councilwoman rhonda capron began her second term with todays swearing in ceremony. She defeated her only challenger, thomas venesky, in the election. Council member, dan moore, also new mayor pro tempore. sheila Woodbury County also gained some new leadership today. As the county supervisors chair
Two gop candidates continue to campaign hard ahead of the caucuses. And, strong words from iowas governor about how the legislator should tackle School Funding this year. And not spend the whole session fighting over it. Tim good evening and thank you for joining us tonight good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and im jenna rhenstrom a sioux city, North Middle School student brought a gun to school today monday forcing School Authorities to notify parents. Tim according to district director of communications alison benson, the weapon was not loaded and the district doesnt believe at this time. That this student intended to harm any students or Staff Members. Tim the incident happened before School Started on the North Middle School campus, when the School Received information that a student could potentially bring a weapon to the school. Benson says when that student arrived on campus, School Staff Members immediately detained and located the weapon. Ben
Sweatshirt, and dark pants. If you have any information about hoffmans whereabouts, contact the knox county sheriff at 402 2884261. It may be a year before investigators can say for certain what brought down a plane in a northst Nebraska Farm field, sunday night. The plane took off from columbia, missouri, and was headed for sioux city. Sunday night, airport officials diverted the flight to the airport in wayne, nebraska, because of bad weather. It never arrived. Investigators found the plane early monday morning. Now, the National Transportation safety board is leading the investigation into what caused the crash. Today, they were on the scene documenting the wreckage. I have not heard of any problems. He was in fact talking to air Traffic Control. Ive been in contact with our air Traffic Control specialist, whos actually located in d. C. , hes digging up those tapes and those recordinns and ill gege those when i get back to the office, s sd National Transportation safety board lead a