Elisa tim, jenna. Counterfeit bill circulation isot sioux city, but growing exponentially. Police say its a hard problem to control. Many customers and cashiers are often too busy to check for fake bills and once they circulate, its hard keep tabs on where the bills came from. And in sioux city, police are finding fake bills for every denomination, not ju the larger 20s, 50s, or 100s. It has progressively gotten worse. Ive been in the property Detective Unit for almost 2 years now and it has literally skyrocketed. Now i get at least one fake bill every day says detective bill nice, Sioux City Police department. Customers and businesses who encounter fake bills often lose out on that money. Police say using a counterfeit bill is equivalent to stealing. And suggest businesses check each bill during every transaction. Customers should check to see if their change looks or feels different. Check every bill. You can buy them anywhere. The ten dollar bill has a magnetic strip thats right abo
The event. Prprented by the smithsonian and hosted by president barack obama. Celebrated the iconic music man from georgia. The celebration is the 16th and final music Tribute Program to take place at the white house during the obama administration. The president took the podium to speak about the performer. president obama no font needed tonights a little bitter sweet because this marks our final in performance at the white house. I will not be singing, but for our last one it is fitting that we pay tribute to one of our favorites and one of the most brilliant and influential musicians of our times, the late, great genius himself, mr. Ray charles. The program included performances by usher, leon bridges, anthony smollett, the band perry and a host of other singers. The smithsonian salutes ray charles in performance at the white house will air this friday at 8 pm central time. On pbs stations across the country lukas theres a new line of Action Figures. And its all about girl power. Li
More. Christina tim and jenna the city is working on a new application for their full 13. 9 Million Dollar project. The big downtown facelift involves three projects. One is a new hotel adjacent to the Convention Center with a new parking ramp. Second is an agriculture and Expo Learning Center near the site of the former john morrell plant. And third new housing in the 100 block of virginia street. All of which Economic Development director Mark Dougherty says will be beneficial to the city. They kind of work nicely in a district, i wish the district was bigger, were trying to fit everything in there, its kinda tight, um its really an opportunity for the community to tap into state resources as we have in the past, with projects like the Tyson Event Center or the orpheum, that have been of lasting value. Dougherty does expect there to be some contingencies to put finanncing in place and that they will have some more work to do. However he says the work they put into the project proposa
Grant is funding a study to find ways to best treat the issue of obesity. And one clinic in iowa is helping out. Abc9 News Reporter Christina Gri hallva has more in rural communities, like akron, iowa, nearly 20percent of the population live at a higher risk of obesity and obesity related illness. A new grant is allowing the akron Mercy Medical clinic to study the issue to help find a solution. Partly its gonnas be coaching, partly it is being counseling. So its gonna be a little bit of everything put together. We call it a pragmatic study. Its going to be looking at the way things really are in your life. 40 patients from the clinic have been chosen based on certain criteria. For the next 36 months theyll be following a plan set up by two of the clinics nurses. Well give them kind of the basic structure for each patient, but then well work from there depending on the patients goals and what they want because this is basically their program that their formulating for themselves. Even t
Disappear from the carpet for the oscars. And be sure to tune in sunday starting at 5 30 p. M for oscar coverage right here on abc9. Well have special guest bruce miller of the Sioux City Journal in studio to go over all of the winners, losers and fashion of hollywoods big night. Make sure to tune in for that. Lukas and the oscar goes to. Those five words keep oscar viewers on the edge of their seats every year. But the process of determining who wins an Academy Award is not an easy task. The votecounting is intense. And surrounded by high security. Abcs brandi hitt shows us. Nats ruiz cullinan on red carpet 1 they are the best secretkeepers in hollywood. Martha ruiz and Brian Cullinan are set to carry those famous briefcases again. from burn 2015 in cocoer the oscar goes to. . Holding t names of this years oscar winners. Martha ruiz, pwc tax paner for 82 years. Pricewaterhouse coopers has counted the oscar ballots. Nats mailing footage sixthousandtwo hundred61 sent out to voting membe