Morning at a home near the corner of west first and helmer. Where they found mace suffering stab wounds. He was taken to Mercy Medical center where he died. 10 houou later. Police apprehended the man they believe to be responsible, 47year old eliase wanatee. Who was booked on 1st degree murder charges yesterday afternoon. Wanatee has a previous criminal record. Including a Second Degree murder conviction which he served 10 years for. Abc9 News Reporter Christina Grijalva brings us details from the case and reactions from the victims family i never in my life would have imagined. A sioux city man was fatally stabbed on the 19hundred block of west first street early wednesday morning right down the way from his own front door. The victim was identified as vernon mace the father of verna hoffman. No more than a few feet awafrom where i sleep and i didnt hear anything, like i couldnt save him. I. The tragedy comes at the hand of someone maces family knows 47yearold elias wanatee, the husba
Scott low in northern and eastern siouxland with some light fog which has spread through the region. Temperatures are in the 30s throughout the area and most spots are above freezing. The planner displays highs getting into the lower 50s. Lukas scott its time now to check on your forecast. Lukas the nasty war of words among the republican president ial candidates is getting even nastier. Now donald trump is t teatening to take senator ted cruz to court. And cruz is daring mogul to do just here is the latest trail. donald trump r president ial candidate you cant lie about people like that, its it is a dramatic escalation. Donald trump d ted cruzs fight. Boiling over. Their war of words now being dominated by legal threats. sen. Ted cruz r presididtial candidate one of the things i look forwawa to most of all is posing donald trump. Cruz. Outright daring donald trump today. Sing go ahead sue me. sen. Ted cruz r president ial candidate so donald, i would encourage you, if you want to file
Coming up th morning on abc9 news. The results are in. And New Hampshire has its winners. A recap of a busy day in the Granite State frustrated morningside residents are speaking out about a cell phone tower they dont want in their backyard. Stay tuned to find out why they are angry. Plus. Could we have a problem with iowas water supply conservation efforts . The results of a study. All coming up on abc9 news this morning lukas good morning and thank you for joining us. Im lukas voss. Exit poll results from the New Hampshire primary have yielded wins for the two favorites to take the primary. Donald trump and Bernie Sanders. Both candidates victories in the Granite State on the republican side, donald trump percent support. Finished up in iowa caucus came in third with over 11 percent. Jeb bush also had 11 percent. And marco rubio rounds out the top five with 10 percent. Those numbers come from the associated press. Supporters in manchester. Grateful for the win New Hampshire we want t
Lukas good morning and us this midday. The battle to replace Supreme Court Justice Anton scalia is shaping up to be a monumental fight both in washington and on the campaign trail abcs jon karl is at the white story. The partisan battle over replacing Justice Antonin scalia came fast and furious. After the supreme scalias death Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell declared . This vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. Senator Marco Rubio Senate shouldnt even start the who president obama nominates last year, within the the president s term, we should not be appointing Supreme Court justices. Now, the president can go whoever he wants, move forward on it election. But president obama, who called scalia a brilliant legal mind made clear he would move forward. Sot obama i plan to lfill my Constitutional Responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. But republicans in congress are vowing to run out the clock until that has democrats up in arms. Sot Chuck Schumer thi
The 30s across most dayplanner, you can see that well make it to a high in the middle 40s with diminishing cloud cover. Clouds from west to east. Visibility is compromised in northern and western siouxland. Temperatures are in the 30s across most of the area. Onto the dayplanner, you can see that well make it to a high in the middle 40s with diminishing cloud primary is this saturday and voters in 12 states go to the polls on super tuesday just days later. Both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are campaigning hard to win support. That includes the support from African American voters Abcs Jonathan Karl explains why that could play a key role a newly energized Hillary Clinton is back on top Hillary Clinton thank you nevada thank you so much. Shes confident enough to make this extraordinary admission Hillary Clinton cnn i think theres an underlying question that maybe is really in the back of peoples minds, and that is, you know, is she in it for us or is she in it for herself . And no