The man who lives inside the home thats being surrounded has been living there for about 20 years and they tell me it is usually a quiet neighborhood. But they say that they hope the standoff ends peacefully. In west omaha shannon smith, siouxland news. Larry diana 3 police say a sioux city man is facing burglary charges after getting caught trying to steal a car this morning. 25 year old Sesar Martinez was arrested around 3 this morning. After Police Received a call from a man shopping at the floyd boulevard walmart. The man told them there was an unknown person in his car. When confronted. And ordered out of the car. The man was attempting to shove a piece of metal into the ignition. He ran before police arrived. But was tracked down by a k 9 officer to Trinity Heights and arrested. Martinez is charged with two counts of third degree burglary and one count of criminal trespass. Hes being held in the Woodbury County jail on 10 thousand dollars bond. 3 a year to the day after a deadly
Pkg in thats right deborah. A group on facebook called sioux city christmas help 2015 made it their mission to help families in need have a great christmas. They pair up sponsors with families who then buy gifts to make one of the most memorable times of the year a little brighter for everyone. And today was their big day. Nats screaming. Trying to find people. Vo sometimes santa needs a little help. And this time he got it. The Facebook Group called sioux city christmas help 2015 celebrated their Big Christmas pay to help famimies in need of a more enjoyable christmas. How do they do this . Well its all through the help of social media. I saw the site on facebook and i aed about it, they told me to contact cherrie so i contacted cherrie and gave her some information. The she asked my daughters age, sizes what she is interested in and they posted on the page and then kerry said she would sponsor as and thats howowe got sponsored. The group currently has 515 members. Over 150 families h
Some have taken to social media to criticize local leaders for the way they have spent tax dollars. So, why spend money on studies . Yesterday, ktivs tiffany lane asked local leaders that question. Not one of the major markets in the country, doesnt mean we cant use ideas from some of those bigger arenas here. The Tyson Events Center was awarded 68thousand dollars for a study to look at physical improvements, as well as, a review of concessions and programming. The cone park project had the most expensive study for fiscal thousand dollars. Parks and recreation director Matt Salvatore says that is because the study also included a preliminary design. We would have basically put together a rough idea of what we thought this project wouldhow it would have been done and we would have hired somebody to design and it wouldnt have given us the info up front, said Matt Salvatore, sioux city Parks Recreation director. Salvatore says without the study and design, they would have been going in bl
Reporters that cruz is a man he trusts. Bob Vander Plaats family leader president and ceo theyre that fresh, what is that bold, what is that courageous leadership. And i happen to believe that the extraordinary leader that we need for these extraordinary times is u. S. Senator ted cruz. In 2008, vander plaats spent a year stumping for former and, in 2012, he backed rick santorum. Both men went on to win the iowa caucus, but lo the race to be the republican partys president ial sheila weve learned more about the of interstate 29 in council bluffs, iowa. The pilot left Eppley Airfield around noon. Moments later he radioed back saying he was experiencing problems with the he requested permission to return to the airport. A witness to the crash said he approached the scene and checked on theheilot and he was unresponsive. Sheriff 19 said traveling southbound on the east side of the interstate. It banked to the right as it was going to the airport and ipped one of the powerlines wiwi its wi
Lets toss it over to chief meteorologist ron demers to see what we can expect this weekend. The majority of communities in siouxland did end up seeing the 24 inches of snow that was expected and here in sioux city our official total is 3. 6 inches. The light snow will move off to the east tonight and colder air is already filtering in behind this system. Expect temps to hover only around 10 degrees on saturda and with a strong northwest wind as the snow starts to slow down, the streets need to be cleaned up. The snow may have moved out of siouxland, but clean up efforts continue tonight. The problem is the side streets and neighborhood roads remain snow packed. But snow plows are working all day to get that heavy snow off the roads. The temperatures will be dropping so be sure to allow yourself extra time if youre going to be driving tonight. Things werent much different in south dakota where roads were slick for drivers as about three inches of snow fell. With the temperatures droppin