Plus. Former Iowa Governor chet culver hasnt given up his fight against iowas medicaid changes. Stay tuned to find out why hes concerned. And. The latest on the controversial transgender bathroom bill in south dakota. Whats next . These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning and thank you for starting your day with us. Im lukas voss. After almost 2 decades without a pay bump, the mayor of sioux city and Council Members are set to get a 50 percent raise. It may seem like a big boost. But many inside city hall say. Its probably time. When comparing the City Councils wages to thier county counterparts, theres a big gap. Woodbury county supervisors earning over 32 thousand dollars a year with their chair netting just under 40grand. But does it justify the City Councils pay increase . Abc9 News Reporter Christina Grijalva has more the mayor of sioux city and Council Members may soon be getting a much needed raise. Its been about 18 1 2 years by the time that the wag
The event. Prprented by the smithsonian and hosted by president barack obama. Celebrated the iconic music man from georgia. The celebration is the 16th and final music Tribute Program to take place at the white house during the obama administration. The president took the podium to speak about the performer. president obama no font needed tonights a little bitter sweet because this marks our final in performance at the white house. I will not be singing, but for our last one it is fitting that we pay tribute to one of our favorites and one of the most brilliant and influential musicians of our times, the late, great genius himself, mr. Ray charles. The program included performances by usher, leon bridges, anthony smollett, the band perry and a host of other singers. The smithsonian salutes ray charles in performance at the white house will air this friday at 8 pm central time. On pbs stations across the country lukas theres a new line of Action Figures. And its all about girl power. Li
3 3 we start this morning with a cruise ship. Lawmakers want an investigation into Royal Caribbean after one of its ships sailed right into the path of a dangerous storm over the weekend. The luxury cruise liner. Along with thousands of passengers on board. Came back to its home port in bayonne new jersey wednesday night after the nightmare trip. C b s news correspondent don champion is there. 3 pkg nat man kisses the ground after a nightmare at sea. Passengers of the anthem of the seas cruise ship are back on solid ground. Sharing tales of a dream caribbean vacation gone wrong sot david link passenger the wind was coming through the doors. We thought it would break the glass. We slept on the sofa because we didnt think we were going to make it sot nat of cell phone video of waves the 200 thousand ton liner set sail for the bahamas last weekend but got caught in a major winter storm in the atlantic. The vessel was battered by 30 winds. sot dennis maher passenger i was on deck eight, an
Apologizing to the bank, for everything ive put its employees and customers through. I want to prove to my friends and family, my employer and coworkers, my peers and role models that i am so much more than this horrible, stupid mistake that i wish every day that i could take back. Perezs mother testified as a character witness for her daughter saying she committed this crime due to Mental Health issues. About a year before this incident occurred, started struggling with severe depression and mood disorder, which her family, her father and i, got her started on antidepressants and seeing a therapist for. Zevenbergens attorney attributes her involvement in the crime to a Sexual Assault which started a downward spiral of drugs and depression. Things changed for her on october 30th 2014. She was sexually assaulted by three men that held her down and each had intercourse with downhill. Mandi sievers, a manager at Security National bank told the court this was more than just theft it was ro
Winter weather advisories are in effect for lincoln, lyon, osceola, dickinson, emmet, sioux, obrien, clay, palo alto, cherokee, buena vista, pocahontas, sac, calhoun counties this evening through sunday afternoon after quite the frigid morning temperatures did not climb very much for our saturday afternoon. Temperatures will be staying quite steady and really not dropping off this evening due to the cloud cover building in. The clouds are associated with our next weather maker that will come in the form of an upper level low pressure center. This will give us light snow this evening into the overnight hours. The snow will move in from nw to se and will be heavier off to the ne parts of siouxland. That is why the winter weathe advisory is in effect. Snow totals look to range from less than an inch for western parts of the viewing area, to one to two inches for central towns including sioux city, and 25 for the northern and eastern towns. Winds will also pick up which will cause some pat