Growth of dustrial hemp. My philosophy as chairman, is i believe hugely in Servant Leadership and regardless of my personal opinion, if the people want this, im going to take the lead to what people want, because im here to serve the people. Majority of our elders were against the marijuana, and our younger population was for it. Council officials say. About 50 percent of the omaha tribe are under the age of 28. So thats kind of reflective of being a younger tribe and being a lot more progressive and how they view those opportunities to pursue. The vote paved a way for the council but did not legalize marijuana use on the reservation, at least, not yet. Secretary jeff miller says the omaha tribe needs more education on marijuana. As a council, we need to pass ordinance, solutions to make it legal. Vernon says, hes cautious but optimistic about taking on these issues. And they will be seeking help from legal entities as they press forward. Im here to serve the people and if the opinion
Enforcement agencies on 3 the scene. 3 3 a c F Construction worker is stabbed on his way to work. And his girlfriend is charged with the crime. 28 year old mark jones was being driven to work just before 6 this morning when he was stabbed near the intersection of 225th street and allison avenue in rural to Mercy Medical center with what investigators call non life injuries. His girlfriend, 21 year old d Katherine Burdett has been arrested 3 and charged with aggravated domestic assault. Shes being held in the Woodbury County jail 3 on 5 thousand dollars bond. 3 3 after firing two employees for wrongdoing at the waste Water Treatment plant. The city is taking steps to make sure things are done right from now on. Today members of the city council got a tour of the wasteWater Treatment plant. To get a better idea of how it works. They also learned that new proceedures have been put to place following the firing of two former plant employees. Those workers were accused of failing to follow
3 3 todays weather to blame for a fire call in morningside earlier this afternoon. Lightning struck the chimney of a home in the 49 hundred block of morningside avenue at around 1 30 this afternoon. Fire crews responded after the homeowner reported smoke in her attic. They found damage to the chimney and some minor scorch marks to the top of the home. A woman and her son were home at the time. But were not injured. 3 3 and in western nebraska. Theyve seen their first recorded snowfall of 2015 out of this storm system thats now moving through siouxland. This video is from north platte, nebraska. While they saw some heavy, wet snow. Parts of southwest nebraska, northeast colorado and northwest kansas were included in a blizzard warning today. Thankfully, it doesnt look like were not going to see those conditions in siouxland just yet. 3 3 despite the rainy and miserable conditions outside for most of the day. Today is veterans day. Sioux citys Hyvee Grocery stores got the days celebratio
Councilwoman rhonda capron says concerned citizens have reached out to her about the dangers of that hill. Capron says the area is a death trap. But it doesnt have to be. 3 i know that we had a hill like that on 24th street and what we did was make it a green space, so we cut it off. You cant drive over it obviously, so maybe we can do Something Like that to make it safe. Residents in the neighborhood are concerned more lives will be lost. And they want to see changes made 3 3 South Sioux City is nearing completion of a bike trail will circle the city. Work on the final phase of that trail is taking place along highway 77 near the walmart and hyvee stores. This segment. Which is a little more than a mile long. Started at 21st street and will stretch to crystal cove. Parks director gene maffit moffet says this final leg cost 650 thousand dollars to build. It will complete work on a bike trail that runs 14 miles around South Sioux City. 3 it looks like two teens accused of stealing from
Tells us, theyre still in the preliminary stages of possibly developing addons like flashing lights or stop signs. 3 but again, they are in the planning phases. Reporting live in sioux city, im Jetske Wauran, siouxland news. 3 3 Sioux City Police are looking for a man who robbed a gas station on the near northside. The kum and go store at 14th and pierce was robbed just before 4 30 this morning. Surveillance video of the stations parking lot even shows the robber chasing some of the stolen cash. Police say theyre looking for a hispanic or native american man in his 20s. The suspect is around 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds. He was wearing a grey hoodie and a Jacksonville Jaguars cap. And he was armed with a handgun. Anyone with information is asked to call Sioux City Police. 3 3 a sioux City Building thats a hundred years old is getting new life. 3 the sioux tools plant on floyd boulevard closed in 2002. Of work. It later served as a warehouse for bomgaars. Now one of