Thanks everyone for coming out today, and this is my 33rd town hall of this year. So been active and busy and out and about amongst our communities and our constituencies. So thank you very much for taking the time to be here with us today. We do have a lot of national media. Thank you, folks are coming out. It must be quite on the president ial trail here in iowa today. But you are absolutely welcomed so thank you for being here as well. The way our town halls work for those that havent been to one, we do have a number of cards that been filled up out by fols that would like to ask questions. If youd like to fill out a card and you did when you came in, if you would racial hand the staff of come by and will provide you with a card. You can solve it out and get your name thrown in there to be drawn as well. With that what we will do, go ahead and get started. I will have an Opening Statement anything. We want to get to as many questions as possible. I can come if you have cards, send t
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If they need help then, better to have the help there then not need it, to not have the help and to need it. The bill would require the home team at High School Varsity games to provide a licensed athletic trainer to assess concussions and other injuries. The goal of this bill is to increase quality of injury assesments by using professional medical providers to decrease the number of lifelong debilitating injury. The estimated cost for these trainers is between 2thousand to 5thousand dollars annuallymoney that would come from a proposed increase in state school funding. The superintendent at westwood thinks that that number may actually be a little higher. Theres gonna be high demand for those people, so cost is going to go up. I think its going to end up being a lot higher than that. The cost however is not the only thing to consider but also the availability. Its difficult, the cost is high and the availabilty of certified people that could come down and take care of our athletes an
Lukas the attorney for an emmet county teen accused of shooting another teen this past summer has decided not to seek a change of veunue the attorney for Lee Christensen filed a notice with the court that he does not seek to move the teens murder trial out of emmet county at this time, but may do so if he feels that he cannot find an impartial jury. Christensen is accused of killing 19yearold Thomas Bortvit in june of 2015. Lukas authorities in sac county are searching for a man wanted for attmpted murder man with his car. The sac county looking for 36 grove. Struck a glidden man with his car on sunday night. The man was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries. Werneburg is described as a white male. And weighs about 205 pounds. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of werneburg is asked to call 911 or the sac county Sheriffs Office. Lukas a sioux city woman is facing several charges after firing a weapon during an argument outside a home monday evening. Court documents sa
They have confirmed they have the police. Lukas 47yearold Elias Wanatee is suspected of stabbing death of 50yearold vernon mace. Police were asking for a warrant to charge wanatee with 2nd degree murder. Agagn, just confirird moments ago, police say they y have h h in custody nono authorities s y they were called out to the 1900 block of west 1st street in sioux city. Just after 2 this morning. The victim was taken to Mercy Medical center by a private party before officers arrived. He was treated for several stab wounds but died due to his injuries. Authorities say they believe that wantatee knew the victim and that this was not a random crime. Abc9 has learned that wantatee was currently out on bond for an assault in which he brandished a machete in a walmart parking lot. A bench warrent wawaissued for his this month after he failed to appear in courur again. Is being considered armed and dangerous and anyone with information on wanatees whereabouts is being asked to call authorities