Voters hit the ballot yesterday. The results from siouxlands elections coming up. An increase in car thefts has sioux city on high alert and a preview of tonights Country Music awards all this morning. Jessica rae northwest iowa voters hit the polls yesterday to elect mayors and City Council Members to represent siouxland sioux city has about 47thousand registered voters. But less than 3 thousand people cast a ballot in this election. Woodbury county auditor pat gill says, those numbers werent suprising because he wasnt expecting a large turnout. But after a day of voting, it was mayor bob scott. Who was elected to another four year term after running un opposed. He collected. Two thousand. And 87 votes. Scott. Says he will not run for reelection. So during his last term. He wants to focus on creating more opportunities for unger generatitis. I think thatst the way were going to attract and keep young people in this community and weve done a bad job of that for about 10 to 12 years aro
Decision of legalizing medical and Recreational Marijuana in the hands of their citizens. Tomorrow the tribe will hold a referendum to see what people think. The people will be voting upon three different memos including medical usage of marijuana, recreational usage of the drug, and growing Industrial Hemp on the reservation. Some citizens believe it will be a positive thing for the community and will bring in more money for the reservation. If its going to create some jobs and provide the tribe with some revenue, which we need, then im all for it, said citizen barry w. The memo does not allow tribes to legalize marijuana, but it does allow them to work wiwi local us attorneys to do so if they chose. The attorney generals native amercan issues subcomittee has reviewed the memorandum from the Deputy Attorney general in 2013 and has since been considering the impact marijuana has on indian country. Rachel the nebraska general work closely with the Us Attorneys Office enforce the control
Thousand people cast a ballot in this election. But Woodbury County auditor pat gill says, those numbers werent suprising because he wasnt expecting a large turnout. Mayor bob scott. Was elected to another four year term after running un opposed. He collected. Two thousand. And 87 votes. Scott. Says he will not run for reelection. So during his last term. He wants to focus on creating more opportunities for younger generations. I think thatst the way were going to attract and keep young people in this community and weve done a bad job of that for about 10 to 12 years around here. We need to do the things that young families find attract and we need to continue to work on Economic Development very hard. We need to have jobs in this community for young people, said bob scott, sioux city mayor. Also, on the ballot was councilwoman. Rh onda capron. She was re elected to her seat on the city council. With 77 percent of the vote. Rhonda. Roped in one thousand889 votes. Beating out Thomas Ven
Local 5 news midday in hd starts now. We are iowa elias good morning and thanks for joining us for local 5 news midday. Im elias johnson. Elias new at midday today elias a man is being treated for injuries after being involved in a shootout with Waterloo Police while attempting to escape by car. Police attempted to stop 24year old Brandon Seeley around three tuesday afternoon. Seeley, who had an arrest warrant, drove at one of the officers, thats when the officer fired at seeleys car. A chase then ensued, coming to an end at a garage on hackett road. Seeley was taken to the hospital and remains in custody. No officers were injured during the incident. Elias back in the capital the medicaid debate brought plenty of spectators to the statehouse tuesday. Elias governor branstads plan to privatize iowas Medicaid Program went before a state Legislature Oversight committee. People talked about why they dont think thats a good idea at the public hearing. One of the top concerns voiced is the
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