There are times where a resignation brings that closure with a certain level of immediacy in certain areas, said dr. Paul gausmann. Just a few months ago, sursely directed students at starfest, talking out the effort put i io the marching band d stival. Whats a lot of fun is putting in all the work in august and september and then going out and performing and doing the Biggest Group project you can ever imagine, said lucas sursely. Sursley, now faces five years in prison if convicted of a class d felonly. Sam curtiss, ktiv, news 4. Sursely is currently out on bond. Hes scheduled to appear before a judge on december 28th. This isnt the first incident involving North High School and a case of a sexual nature. Thirtyyearold erick deleon received a fiveyear suspended prison sentence and placed on probation for Sexual Exploitation by a school employee. The judge found him guilty of having sex with a student. Deleon ran a program for atrisk students at North High School. Also a School Distri
Then the teacher did stop. Heres a look at post incident pictures taken by his parents. Now, todd boley, the attorney for k. G. s parents, says after the incident, the district failed to conduct an objective investigation. Boley says similar incidents occur across the country. Children with disabilities are vulnerable to abuse to a degree much greater than the general student population, said attorney todd boley. Now, we reached out to sergeantbluff Luton Community School District. Superintendent rod earleywine said quote i do not have a comment concerning this issue. Robert, why was this case filed in federal court . Boley says this case violates federal laws including the american with disabilities act and rehabilitation act. Matt . A storm lake, iowa, farmer has filed a federal lawsuit against swiss biotechnology company, syngenta. James stein accuses syngenta of depressing genetically modified strain of corn called mir 162, also called viptera. Its a corn seed genetically modified
School. The girls mother has filed a federal lawsuit against the Sioux City Community school district. North high schools previous band director resigned after stealing thousands of dollars of school instruments. In 2013, kevin massey was sentenced to three years of probation and a fiveyear suspended sentence. He pleaded guilty to theft after prosecutors lowered the charge. Plus, he was ordered to pay almomo 20,000 in restitution to thehechool district and three pawn shops. Investigators say he stole more than 50,000 in instruments to cover gambling debts. New details are being released following a threat made friday against sheldon high school. The threat was written on a bathroom wall of the school, but officials have not revealed what the threat said. According to the Obrien County attorney, a 14yearold boy was taken into custody on saturday. The county attorney confirmed he was a student of the high school. A hearing is set to determine whether he should be held in detention or rel
Some northwest iowans, mainly east of sioux city, will see the last of any snow early this morning before it exits to the east. Once the snow moves out, the clouds will follow close behind it and provide most of the area some sunshine this afternoon with highs in the low to middle 30s. See graphics. Wx timer 40 the snow has finally stopped falling in siouxland. Many people were able to get out and about yesterday. But first, siouxlanders had to dig their way out of the 7 inches of snow. Ktivs tommie clark checked in with some local residents to see recent snowstorm. The cold weather is believed to have contributed to the death of a farmer in kossuth county. Sometime late on thanksgiving day, a relative found the body of 63 year old gerald dreesman beside his pickup in a ditch. Kossuth county authorities believe he froze to death after getting out of his vehicle and was unable to get back inside. He was found 2point5 miles from his farm northwest of titonka. The kossuth county sheriff s
Miles per hour so just watch for some snow blowing back onto roadways and trying to make them a bit slick. Thanks. With the the second big ending, city crews continue to clear up the roads. Ktivs tiffany lane spoke with sioux citys street team on their efforts this afternoon. Tiffany . Matt and sheila, there are crews scheduled in 12 hour shifts so that there are plows out t hours of the day. And their efforts seem to be paying off. All major streets, including priority one and two have been cleared, according to street superintendent ed pickens. I think the guys are doing a great job, said pickens. Its ss than 24 hours. Weve gottenenver seven inches of snow and i think the guys have done a fantastic job. The citys snow policy is to have the streets pickens says they are well ahead of schedule. Pickens says most residential areas could be cleared by seven tonight. sheila tiffany, is there any way resisints can help cleanup . tiffany yes, pickens says peoeoe can help the cleanup is by s