With us on this xxx morning. 3 3 once again highs will be in the mid 40s today, but we may see a slight chance for drizzle after noon that will get the ball rolling for what looks like a messy thanksgiving day. A wintry mix is the best way to describe thursday morning switching to all snow by mid day. Expect 12 of wintry precipitation. Look for temperatures to hang very near freezing through the end of the weekend, with another chance of a wintry mix sunday into monday. 3 3 3 theres a lot of tension in illinois right now. One day after dash camera videow showing a white Police Officer shooting and killing a black teenager was made public. The tape set off protests on the streets of chicago into the morning. As c b s news correspondent adriana diaz shows us. The veteran Police Officer is now 3 pkg nats16 shots 16 shots the city of chicago is bracing for more heated protests today. Following the release a video showing Laquan Mcdonalds last moments. sot mos no name given you have turned
Castillo. And im larry wentz. Turning to local news now. The woodbury cocoty courthouse is getting some much needed renovations. 3 in addition to new lights for all county buildings. A major piece of infrastructure will be replaced in the courthouse. 3 siouxland News Reporter Jaclyn Driscoll joins us now. Jaclyn. 3 3 diana, larry. The board of supervisors unanimously agreed to renovate the elevators in the courthouse beginning in february. 3 the total project will cost abt 385 thousand dollars. The fus will come from the Capital Improvement plan. The elevators were renovated about 30 years ago, but the actual equipment is nearly 100 years old. 3 theyre to the point now where many of the controls are no longer available, so Replacement Parts are not available to us in case we have a breakdown. Now we are looking at updating those elevators to existing codes. Schumacher elevator comomny will be completing the project. Which should be the board also granted 20 thousand dollars to Siouxlan
Ololman with special needs while holding his mother at gunpoint. Then stealing game consoles and other electronics. 3 a School Board Member in northeast nebraska is one of four people facing charges in a case of animal cruelty. Kirk van pelt is charged with aiding in animal cruelty and four counts of contributing to the delinquincy of a child. Authorories say van pelt was involved in the torture of a cat and a possum by 4 stanton teens, which was filmed and shared online. Van pelt ia former Stanton County sheriffs deputy and at this time remains on the school board. 3 as far as the school is concerned. Its really business as normal. We have to move foward and we have to continue with our goals. The four teens charged in the case will be prosecuted as juveniles. Despite pressure from Animal Rights groups. Van pelt faces up to 6 years in prison if convicted. 3 critics of the way iowa law officers seiei cash and materiris from people. Some who are nener charged with a crime. Have won a vi
Conditions will really start to deteriorate late tonight early tomorrow morning as some light rain begins to switch over to freezing rain and could accumulate up to a quarter of an inch in some locations by late tomorrow morning. See graphics. Wx timer 40 today is the 30th anniversary of the plane crash involving the Cross Country team at iowa state university. Three team members were killed. Along with the pilot, two coaches and a student trainer. The trainer was Stephanie Streit from hawarden. She graduated from West Sioux High School in 1982. Also, on board, sheryl maahs from spirit lake. She graduated in 1983. Her brother and others plan to honor the victims with a special ceremony in des moines. Ktivs Sheila Brummer has the story. Never going to forget. My family is never going to forget, but its really nice to know that other people havent forgotten, maahs said. Maahs says sheryl a member of the iowa state Cross Country team gave her heart and soul to the sport of running. She wa
Gave a lot of herself, maahs said. Sheryl and her teammates placed a surprising second in the Ncaa National Cross Country meet in milwaukee. That mornrng everybody was sky y high, and that afternoon everybody was in mourning, said tim lane. Tim lane helped organize a memorial ceremory planned for thanksgiving eve in the very spot where the plane fell from the sky. I want this to be a celebration. I want the Running Community to turn out, lane said. A celebration honoring the lives of seven from iowa state. They plan to unveil a new park and everlasting memorial in des moines. Hopefully can go there and reflect about it and if it inspires some people thats great. The Memorial Service will take place tomorrow afternoon in des moines. Members of both the mas and streit families will be there. Friends and colleagues are remembering a former Sioux City Community leader who has died. Joanne grueskin died at her home in carlslsd, lifornia last night at the age of 79. Grueskin served eight yea