G o p president ial hopeful will hold a happy hour event at bevs on the river in sioux city friday evening. That events set to get underway at 4 oclock friday afternoon. 3 and former Hewlett Packard c e o Carly Fiorina will also be in northwest iowa this weekend. Her Campaign Says shell be at the same g o p rally as santorum. This friday in orange city. Shell follow that with a 10 a m event at the stoney creek inn in sioux city on saturday 3 the new pork Processing Plant under construction in the bridgeport Industrial Park could be getting more help from the city of sioux city. The city council is considering approving a Tax Exemption for the new seaboard triumph pork plant. That plant will be the biggest employer in sioux city when it opens in january of 2017. Adding 12 hundred new jobs. Details on the possible exemption arent available right now. But could come up at the hearing on the issue that was unanimously approved tonight by the council. Mayor bob scott is excited about the po
Jaws of life to remove at least one of the two people from the stolen vehicle. They went to Mercy Medical center. The driver of the suv is pregnant and told ktiv news she was going to the hospital after experiencing stomach pains. Her oneyearold son wasnt hurt. Its warm and windy but how long will that last . Here to tell us more is chief meteorologis t ron demers with the first look at our forecast. Weather adlib the wind picked up as temps stayed up for us again today with most of our highs getting into the 70s. These winds will usher in some low level moisture into northwest iowa tonight which will provide a bit more cloud cover and perhaps some patchy fog which will keep lows in the 50s. Once the clouds break up a bit tomorrow well see another mild and breezy day with highs in the low 70s. Voters in several siouxland communities are casting ballots in several city elections today. sheila in sioux city, mayor bob scott is running unopposed for another term. Council member rhonda cap
Good evening and thanks for joining us tonight. Im sheila brummer. matt and im matt breen. A massive crash involving a stolen car has turned deadly. sheila First Responders rushed to 25th and morgan on sioux citys north side around one this afternoon. Ktivs robert lowe joins us with an update tonight. Matt and sheila, investigators arent releasing the name of the two People Killed just yet. But, we do know they were a 34yearold man and a 28yearold woman both from sioux city. Sioux city police say the driver of the stolen car sped down 25th street. The vehicle smashed into an suv backing out of a driveway. The stolen nissan hit a tree then a jeep cherokee. Police cant confirm if it flipped over before or after the impact. We did have witnesses who saw the vehicle travel up over the hill, went as far to say they thought it actually caught air, was airborn coming over the hill, it was traveling that fast. Sioux city fire rescue and Sioux City Police used the jaws of life to remove at leas
Good evening and thank you u r joining us tonight good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman. Jenna rehnstrom has the night off. Many folks have childhood memories of spending time at the city pool. But as costslimb and attendence drops. Sioux city officials are facing a tough balancing act. A special committee wants to close 2 pools after next season. Tonight tuesday users got one last chance to speak out on the issue. Last month a special Pools Committee unananously supportsts a plan to close cook and leeds pools after 2016. With leif erikson and lewis pools eventually closing as well. Building splash pads and a new Regional Water park are the alternatives. The commitees final report will be presented to city council for consideration but not before final 4 people spoke at tonights meeting. And all supported changes. Times are changing and i take my kids, between 9 and 16, we take our kids out of town to go do stuff. Please im begging the city council give us rea
Nebraska today in order to represnt patients using medical cannabis oil. Jessica rae republican senator tommy garrrett of nebraskas 3rd district is travelling around the state to talk to people about his recent visit to minneta where he saw how patients treated with medical cannabis oil are benefitting from the substance. Garrett says he is impressed with there being no Law Enforcement incidents so far. Saying the program is a prime example of how nebraskas sick could benefit without infringing on nebraska laws. Senator garret will be in dakota city at 130 today at the Dakota County building to share what he learned from his recent trip. Jessica rae a recall stemming from an e. Coli scare now spans more than a dozen states and includes products sold at Major Grocery chains. Contaminated celery from californiabased farms was found to be the source the fda expanded the recall of Food Products on tuesday. Abcs david kerley gives us an update. The celery was produced by taylor farms in cal