With a shop vac, some metal, a few pipes, a generator and wood chips, you can produce electricity. If you know how to combine those things properly. The process itself is older technology, said chris jeffries. Its very simple. Chris jeffries created this gasifier. He explained the process as using the shop vac to create negative pressure, while wood waste is heated in a separate large cyclinder where gasses from unburned wood are then siphoned into a filter before feeding a generator. Its a controlled combustion, a controlled pyrolysis, said chris jeffries. The city of south sioux city, nebraska, plans to plug in this technology. Were trying to be selfsufficient and go as green as possible, said rod koch. Mayor rod koch says using this gasifier will save the city 40,000 a year in electric costs. It saves us from having to dispose of trees that are eventually going to die anyways because of this emerald borer ash, said rod koch. The unit will be much larger than this and will be placed
Quality, said benji van donge, Workforce Development manager at interstates construction in sioux center. They understand what it takes to get a job done. They understand teamwork and i think that is so important because thats really what makes up sioux county and the businesses we have. Speakers at the event say they are not only looking for local veterans to join the workforce. They also encourage veterans from areas and other states to take part in the program. While governor branstad was at the Home Base Iowa designation, protesters gathered outside. It was an attempt to encourage the governor to defund planned parenthood at the state level. Skylererheeler, whos running for the diststct 4 seat in the iowa house says branstad hasnt kept his promise of cutting funding to the organization that provides abortions among its many services. He says, in 2010, the governor said the state should not be funding groups like planned parenthood. I have respect for governor branstad and i just wa
Trump did take a swipe at the democrats. Of Hillary Clinton he said, quote legally, she shouldnt be allowed to run. He called Bernie Sanders a socialist slash communist. And, when talking about martin poll numbers, trump asked, quote whats he doing . Political activists came from all over iowa to hear donald ktiv spoke with one supporter who says shes voting for the first time in more than 20 years because trump is running. I havent voted since ors per in 1193, said trump supporter kim tranmer from des moines, iowa. Ive been saying all along if we could get a good businessman running, im going to go vote for them. Donald trumps visit to sioux city wasnt met entirely with all cheers. Ktivs robert lowe was also at todays rally. Robert, there were a lot of protesters outside west high today, werent there . Matt and sheila, thats right. In fact, more than 650 people came as far east as dubuque, iowa to silence trump. The group of protesters says theyre upset with trumps comments toward his
A a man, who appeared onon television with bill cosby as a teenager, is the latest to sue him for defamation. Renita hill claims he defamed her after she gave an interview detailing his alleged sexual abuse in the 1980s. Hill filed the lawsuit, on wednesday. She claims she was 16 when she met cosby during a Talent Search in 1983 for an educational Childrens Television show, picture pages. She s ss cosby hired her, and soon after began flying her to cities where he was performing. There, hed give her alcohol that she believes was laced with drugs. And then molest her in hotel rooms. Cosby has never been charged with a crime, and cosby and his representativ es have repeatedly denied the allegations. A man is set to be sentenced, next month, for setting several trash bin fires in sioux city. On thursdada 24yearold darin morey pleaded guilty to four counts of arson. Each count carries a prison sentence of up to 10 years. Authorities say the fires set by morey, in april, damaged two garages
There was no one inside when the fire broke out. We spoke with the Fire Rescue Team on the scene. Now were just going through and we still have some fire thats in some of the voids in the walls etc. Were just opening up some walls and making sure the fires completely out, said assistant chief, captain dave ahlers. The fire caused Severe Damage to e house and it is nono redtagged by sioux city inspection services. We had a treat of an evening from mothernature as temperatures gradually fell into the 50s before bottoming out in the 30s tomorrow morning. After that, well bounce back even more into the 70s sunday afternoon with lots of sunshine. See graphics. Your 7day forecast is coming up in 10 minutes carly fiorora, took the stage a Stoney Creek Conference Center this morning in sioux city. The former Hewlett Packard ceo touted her relationships with foreign leaders and said theres a need to reset how the world sees america. She says if she were to win the president ial bid, her first d