Ron demers for the details. Your 7day forecast is coming up in 10 minutes after a chilly saturday morning in the 30s for most of us, we started to warm a little better by the afternoon with highs in the upper 50s and lower 60s. Tonight will not be quite as cold as the past couple of nights and a strong south wind over the next couple of days will keep the warming going with highs near 70 for sunday and we may get close to 80 by monday. As sioux city works to improve its interstates, it looks like therell be another closure in a couple days. A new barrier rail and Traffic Control will cause closure of the southbound i29 offramp to floyd boulevard. It will be closed from 9 am to 3 pm this monday, october 19th, as long as weather permits. Motorists are encouraged to use the nebraska street offramp instead. For the latest traveler information you can always call 511 through the Iowa Department of transportatio n. The city of sioux falls imposed a ban on texting while driving three years ag
Theit kids to stand up and lock up cancer. It was a day full of lauter and hope as students at hartley melvinsanborn Elementary School came together for a cause. Over 300 students came to School Friday ready to fill up this fish tank with pennies, which will all go to charity. And since it was filled. The principal got locked up in jail. Not real jail. But a cage in the lunchroom. We try to do something a little different to get the students excited and motivated so that we can do our part even as small as it may be to help create awareness and show people that we care, said hms elementary principal, cathy jochims. Cancer hits home for those at hms elementary as they lost an associate, a past secretary and a former teacher to cancer. All within three months last year. A few years ago, a current third grade teacher got Breast Cancer and a special Education Teacher was diagnosed with uterin cancer. And now they have an associate who is diagnosed with lymphoma. Staff, she is going through
Is not related to any other thefts or assualts that have happened in the area. Police say they are looking for two suspects in relation to the robbery, individuals have been described as masked men, one being around 6 foot, thin slinder build. The other is being described as 58 to 511 thin build. Anyone with information is urged to Contact Crime stoppers at 258tips or by private message through sioux city polices Facebook Page a reward up to one thosand dollars will be given to anyone who helps in leading to the arrest ofthe suspects. Reporting live in studio bria bell abc9 news tim less than a week after a former Sioux City School employee was sentenced for Sexual Misconduct with a student, the mother of that student is filing suit against the Sioux City School district and employee erick deleon. The lawsuit claims that the School District failed to provide enough supervision to prevent her daughter from being exploited by deleon. Were no policies in place to prott the girl from the e
Clouds moving through. Temperatures are currently in the 30s across most of the map and its another fairly warm start to our day. The wind is light and variable between 5 and 10 against one of the Six Baltimore Police officers accused in the death of freddie gray. The defense mooned for the judge to dismiss the case against officer william porter. But the judge denied the motion. Porter has pleaded not guilty to several charges including seconddegree assault. Before resting its case. The state called several witnesses to the stand including a former Police Officer who said he believed the officers should have taken gray to the hospital. Jessica rae a stunning new video out of chicago is raising even more questions about the Chicago Police departments use of force now under investigation by the justice department. Abcs alex perez has the very latest. Another difficult to watch Chicago Police video. This one showing several times while he was in lockup in 2012, then dragging him by his w
And releasing video filmed on a body camera. Our contact, as you well know, is very personal. It might not be criminal, it might not be evidentiary, but its a very personal communication that goes on there says chief dave young, Sioux City Police department. Im ok with it provided the individuals who are on the tape have an opportunity to release or authorize the release of that information says pete groetken, city council. Another issue. Storage. Although the police chief is working to plement a standard for officers to turn eir cameras on and off, they will virtually be running 247. Therefore, not only will the department have to pay the intial price for the cameras, but need a chunk of change to store video as well. Sometimes data needs to be kept for a long period of time to make sure that it goes through the court system. Is it evidence . It might be something that needs to be kept forever, and youll be paying for that for a long period of time says chief dave young, Sioux City Po