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
With a low of 10 degrees. Expect a warm up midweek with partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the 30s wednesday and thursday. There is a slight chance for snow on saturday night with another arctic surge over the weekend into the first part of next week. Stay tuned 3 3 3 president obama talks to the nation tonight in his seventh and final state of the Union Address. As c b s news correspondent we juh weijia jang jiang shows us. This years speech wont be like any other. 3 pkg nats 2015 sotu in his seventh and final state of the Union Address tonight president obama will talk to the American People about the nations challenges and opportunities ahead josh earnest Wh Press Secretary whats critical are the kinds of decisions we make now will have a Significant Impact on not just the next generation of americans but future generations of americans nat sot obama i dont think ive ever been more than i am right nowthe president is expected to highlight executive actions he plans to take to t
Moving forward with two development projects. A plan to replace a large hangar at the sioux Gateway Airport severely damaged by windstorms in 2014 got final approval tonight. That plan will replace the one large hangar with 10 smaller, single plane hangars. Construction will begin as soon as weather permits. Mayor bob scott says this project is a start. 3 we have never built real t hangers for small airplanes, and so we are building ten of them to see how successful we will be and this will. If they are successful and the rent is justified we will probably build more in the future. The council also giving formal approval to a tax credit for a newly expanded sioux city business. Curlys foods just off lewis boulevard added 30 new jobs this april. As part of a multi Million Dollar expansion. Scott says tonight, the city signed off on its part of an Economic Development deal with the plants owner. Is about a 6 Million Dollar deal. And a lot of additional employees and they are entitled to
Bring a weapon to campus before the day began. Once the student got to school, they were able to search, locate the weapon and then detain the student. He was then taken into custody by the police. Once again, its important to note, that the student didnt have the capability to load the weapon, but dr. Gausman says that doesnt change the severity of the issue. We will follow all of the necessary steps, procedures and protocols to make certain that we do all that is necessary to keep our students and Staff Members safe, said Sioux City Community schools superintendent, dr. Paul gausman. Now, speaking of those procedures and protocols, its important to note that student cant return to school until this case is fully resolved. Of course, explusion is a very likely possibility, but dr. Gausman says that will this case moves forward. We have a Winter Weather advisory for a small section of siouxland tonight. Chief meteorologis t ron demers joins us now with the first look siouxland tuesday
Sot governor stay off the roads if you dont need to be on the roads and spend some time with your family. The city is thankful many heeded the warnings. And stayed home. Todays snow and ice is really just the start of the travel nightmare this storm is creating. Its beginning to paralyze air travel along the east coast. With a Ripple Effect across the country. Airports in several major cities have already canceled all flights for tomorrow. Flightaware reports more than three thousand Flights Canceled and more than six thousand have been delayed so far. Sound from presser if youre planning to fly on saturday dont come to the airport because your flight has been canceled. The best travel advice from officials . Dont travel anywhere if you dont have to. But while other parts of the country are dealing with severe weather, things in siouxland are a bit calmer. Lets toss it over to chief meteorologist ron demers to see what siouxland can expect tonight and this weekend. The peeks of sun wer