Favorite cyclone standout. Tim good evening and thank you for r r joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and im jenna rehnstrom. Controversy is brewing in south dakota over a law passed by lawmakers that would affect transgender students. Tim if signed by governor daugaard, the bill would require students to use restrooms based on their sex at birth. Abc 9s bria bell brings us local reaction. Bria tim and jenna, if its signed by the governor. South dakota would be the first state to pass a bill addressing transgender students. Some local College Students dont want that distinction. Theyre against the bill because they say, its just unneccesary. Not only are we unwilling to accept people as who they are, we are bigoted and rude the university of south dakota offers a safe place for students with varying genders and sexualities called spectrum. Group say theyll be upset if an anti transgender bill passes in the state, which will force students to use restrooms according to the gender the
Can fit. And lastlythe District Elementary School requires an expansionseeing as its almost at capacity. I think the board, uh, understands the needs, uh understands that our school is growing our town is growing, thats a good thing and we like that, but we do need to make sure that we have the School Facilities to support that growth. Although no decision was officially made lenihan still has confidence in the project and believes, in the end people will pull through for the kids. Were very fortunate here as we do have outstanding support from our community for our school district. Christina lenihan says that for now their working on developing a Community Facility committee to continue discussion on the expansion project and explore other funding options. Reporting live in studio Christina Grijalva abc 9 news tim Court Documents are revealing more about a fatal stabbing that occured in sioux city early wednesday morning. Tim 47 year old elias murder in stabbing death of courd doucmen
The update. Jenna fred is back inside. And has an update on what we should expect. Tim fred fred up to 1of slushy, sloppy accumulation will be possible tonight. After midnight, the precipitation will end, but the wind will not. Here is a look at the storm reports for today. Jenna todays storms caused problems afternoon afafr lightning struck a me. Authorities say thatightning hit the chimney of this home on the 4900 block of morningside avenue around 1 30 this afternoon. Two people were home at the time the incident happened however, they were able to get out of the home ok. The home did suffer minor smoke damage to the chimney and attic area of the home. Tim over 11 thousand people in the sioux city metro were without power briefly today after some problems with a local sub station. Officials with mid American Energy say that the outage only lasted about 4 minutes right around 11 this morninin the company y ys that the outage occured at a sub station where crews were already working,
Jenna a sioux city west high graduate is pushing back against donald trump. As the campaign gets ready to use his high school for a Campaign Stop next week. Tim abc9s bria bell tells us how that movement is gaining momentum. Bria Franciso Valadez started a petition against trumps visit to west high on wednesday that already has over 11hundred signatures. But its not just about the republican president al candidate, but, they say, the opportunity to get people involved in national politics. Bria bell donald trump is no stranger to controversy. But when it was announced that the republican candidate for president was coming to sioux city. Where he would be speaking didnt sit well with francisco valadaz hes influencing a lot of people to hate certain groups, certain groups of people, said valadez. Trump is scheduled for a Campaign Stop tuesday at west high school. Francisco and his family are concerned as to what kind of message that sends to students. They say trump is a bully and incite
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