About if that would be money well spent. Abc 9s bria bell tells us why local police say they need a little more help on the streets. Bria jenna, during this weeks City Council Budget meeting, Sioux City Police chief doug young asked to add two additional positions to the departments traffic team. Council members will now have to decide if there is room in the budget for more officers to be on payroll. Officers are just getting pulled thinner and thinner and thinner, says sheehan. On wednesday, City Council Members deliberated how the citys budget will be spent. Sioux city police chief doug young took the opportunity to request two more positions for the departments traffic unit, causing a divide amongst Council Members. Officer sheehan says he supports the cheif because the current lack of officers is taking a toll on the boys in blue. There are alot of shifts that have to be back filled because theyre short shifted and so they have to hire back and pay someone for overtime to come in
Moments in history american history. Remembering the harbor we encourage fans the application, it could be your best bet for seeing the hawkeyes at the rose bowl. Tim good evening and thank you for joining us tonight Jenna Rehnstrom residential garbage customers in sioux city will soon be seeing a hike in what they pay for trash pick up and disposal. Today monday city Council Voted to amend a contract with gill hauling. The private company that provides trash collection and recycling services for the city. Abc 9s Deborah Souverain has more on just how much more residents can expect to pay. Deborah . Tim starting january first. Sioux City Residents will see an increase of about one dollar on their trash collection bills. This evening. City Council Members voted to increase currently the e average household pays 15 dollars and 44 cents for trash removal services. That rate is increasing to 16 dollars and 30 cents at the start of the new year. Gill hauling. The company that provides Waste
Years. Hoping to compete with neighboring cities, the Sioux City City Council approved an enhancement study for the Tyson Events Center. Consultants will look at improving concession stands, increasing premium level seating and possibly widening a number of concourse areas. The sioux city events facilities executive director hopes the outcome will result in better ticket sales, and an improved experience at the venue. Were looking not only for things that we can do at the Tyson Events Center to make it better, but also what is our niche for booking, like what sorts of show should we be booking now that we have a lot of increased competition around us, said erika newton, executive dir. For sioux city events facilities. The enhancement study wont exceed 68,000 the City Council Also approved new members to the mayors youth commission, tonight. There are 71 new members this year and about 190 in total. The most students on the commission come from Bishop Heelan high school. The Sioux City
Versus vehicle accidents at the level crossing between highway 77 and e street in thurston county. Today. There was another accident at that crossing. Fortunately. The driver of the car managed to get out before the train hit her vehicle. Authorities on the scene say they believe the car got stuck while crossing the tracks. And was not able to get clear before the trains arrival. 3 3 3 this weeks blizzard has taken the air out of briar cliff universitys charger dome. 3 the dome. Which used to be visable next to this building. Suffered a tear in the fabric along one side. Numerous briar cliff teams use the old golf dome for practice and even indoor games. The dome was deflated for safety reasons and to keep it from tearing more. A member of the company that built the dome will be coming to town to evaluate the situation. 3 3 two days after the blizzard, the city is still digging itself out. And some residents are losing patience. Residents along west 5th street say it took them more tha
And sunday. Despite the warmer weather on sunday, we will again see a chance for light snow to close out the weekend sunday night into monday. For early next appears that the trend will be for more quiet weather to settle into the region. 3 3 3 we start off this morning with the candidates running for president. Going on a weekend push to win over voters ahead of tuesdays New Hampshire primary. Last night democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders faced off in their fifth debate. Talking about Foreign Policy. Wall street. And progressive values. C b s news correspondent we juh weijia jang jiang has the latest from manchester New Hampshire. 3 pkg nats the gloves s came off last night as Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders faced each other oneonone for the first time. Sparring over progressive values. sot Hillary Clinton if were going to get into labels, i dont think it was particularly progressive to vote against the brady bill five times. I dont think it was progressive to give gun Ca