And continue the process of recovering. Employees remembered jon richter,r,he man who was killed the in the workplace shooting. They placed a memorial plaque in his honor at the entrance where the shooting took place. You could walk up and down the street, and i know people say this a lot when theres a tragedy, but i really mean this when i say this about jon; you could walk up and down t t street and you will not find a aerson in this commununy ththll have a bad thingngo say ababt that guy the ceo of sioux steel says the company is continuing to pay for counseling for employees. A bill up for debate at the state legislature, in pierre, is targeting people who are transgender. The bill proposes separate bathroom, and locker rooms, transgender students at south dakotatachools. Ivs tiffany lane hahareaction from lawmakers, anstudents. Anatomically different, i think is going to be a horrible affect on kids as far as bullying. Under the bill, schools must provide reasonable accommodations
High wind watch in effect for holt county from 6 pm tonight until 6 am friday our warmup resumes today with highs returning to the 40s and 50s maybe a few 60s out west . there will still be a fair amount of cloud cover patchy fog along with a few rays of sunnhine and a briik southhasterly wiid, so it won exactly be the prettiest of days, but hey, warmth is warmth a cold front off to the west will plow through the area tonight which could pop up a rain shower or two and increase shift our winds to the west that could initially gust up to 50 Miles Per Hour late tonight early tomorrow morning keeping lows close to 40 degrees. Friday will bring more warmth, wind and sun pushing highs further into the 50s tt nearr60. Now if i were to choose onn day that stann above the rest of he next seven, it would be saturday because, while it wont be quite as warm as friday, it will be calmer, still mild with a decent amount of sunshine. The rest of the weekend early next week will bring us more mild ai
The suspect is due in court today to face murder charges. Police do not yet have a motive. Reid binion reports. Maybe a mile from my house, got a telephone call, after that call he started driving erratically. We were kind of driving through medians, driving through the lawn. Once he came to a stop i jumped out of the car and ran away. Perhaps even more bizarre, a source with knowledge of the investigation says dalton picked up and dropped off passengers between shootings. Investigators think he was looking for even more fares after the final attack. Im reid binion, reporting. Two men were sent to a sioux City Hospital yesterday afternoon with stab wounds. Authorities say they were called to the 1500 block of pierce street around 1 45 yesterday afternoon. Police arrived on scene and found two adult brothers suffering from stab wounds. No word as to the reason behind the stabbing. Sioux city police say both people injured were taken to Mercy Medical center. At this time neither of the m
From a public defender to Circuit Court judge e serving in cedar rapids. To have someone who has experience as a public defender, i couldnt tell you the last time someone who was on the court had that kind of experience associate professor of Political Science scott peters she would also diversify the Supreme Court geographically. Scott the current makeup of the court, among those justicves they tilt heavily to people who have lived most of their lives on the east coast, specifically president obama will face a battle in his attempts to appoint a new justice but if jane kelly is nominated, and eventually appointed, theres no doubt shell bring a sense of pride to eastern iowa. Kellys recent appointment to the from a nomination from obama and confirmation by senator Chuck Grassley peters told me tonight this may come as an advantage come decision time for president obama but only timim will tell weve got you covered Olivia Mancino kwwl news. This will bepresident obamas third nomination
But no pause before the clash of politics. There is no way the senate should confirm anyone barack obama tries to appoint in his last year in office to a lifetime appointment. An instant power struggle over a successor to justice scalia. Let me just say, barack obama is president of the United States until january 20, 2017. From california, president obama made clear he will nominate a new justice and expects the senate to consider his choice fairly. These are responsibilities that i take seriously, as should everyone. Theyre bigger than any one party. They are about our democracy. If the president gets to seat his third justice that change would make the court more liberal. Compounding the shock of scalias sudden passing is the timing. A campaign year. We ought to make the 2016 election a referendum on the republican candidate ted cruz. Had been a law clerk for chief justice rehnquist. Now as a senator, he intends to block any obama nominee. Were advising that a lameduck president in