Block of south alice street. The invaders assaulted a man in the home while holding a woman at gunpoint. The two suspects took off with tvs, game consoles, and other electronics. Police dont have a description of the attackers at this time. If you have any information, you are urged to call the Sioux City Police immediately. 3 the sioux city teen accused of starting a Dumpster Fire outside a Dollar Tree Store earlier this year is changing his plea. 18 year old Jeremiah Verbeski had pleaded not guilty to charges of 2nd degree arson and criminal mischief. Today, he accepted a plea deal. Pleading guilty to the criminal mischief charge. As part of the deal. The arson charge was dismissese and verbeski was sentenced to 50 hours of Community Service and three years probation. Police say verbeski lit a pine cone on fire and threw it into the dumpster outside of dollar tree on october 12th. That fire destroyed the dumpster and caused a aestimated 5 thousand dollars in damage to the store. 3 on
Police tried to help the Iowa Department of Human Services enforce a court order to remove the 3 year old and 1 year old girls from the home. So their well evaluated. 3 the children werent there, and no members of the family would cooperate. This morning banks was jailed fororcontempt of court. 3 a search of the grandmothers home resulted in her arrest for conspiring to send the children out of state. An alert was sent out advising the childrens lives may be in danger. Just after 6 tonight. Storm lake Police Confirmed the girls have been found safe. Banks isiseing heldldithout bond. Pamons bond is set at 20 thousand dollars. 3 3 the cost of getting caught by one of those red light or speed cameras in sioux city may be going down. The cameras have been at the center of various lawsuits over their legality. Tonight the Council Agreed to amend its contract w wh the owner of the cameras. A Company Called redflex traffic systems. The change allows the city or red flex to provide a 90 day no
Accide on the northside is set to enter a plea deal tomorrow. 29 year old dustin suppi of south six city is charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident in the death of 52 year old troy ford. According to court documents. Suppi was sleeping in a truck on the northside when ford approached the truck. Suppi ddve off. Knocking ford over and then running him over with his trailer. Ford suffered fatal injuries in the accident. Suppi is scduled to be in Court Tomorrow morning. 3 sioux citys city council is moving forward with plans to build an ag exposition building in sioux city. As our Jetske Wauran reports. Developers are looking at building the facility on 12 acres of land plant. 3 the city of sioux city. Is just one partner being asked to help fund an 11million dollar facility. And mayor bob scott, the project will be worth it. I think its a really good project, but i think its going to take a lot of Community Support and its going to take a lot of people getting behind it. That n
Wont have any operating costs which i hope would be the case. The facility would host around one hundred and eightey to two hundrereevents per year ananserve as an educational facility for western iowa tech. 3 3 its expected create around 13 full time jobs and 250 part time jobs with a projected profit of around 24 thousand dollars in its first year. 3 3 the future of sioux citys five pools is becoming a little clearer. And for swimmers on the northside. That future isnt t ry brighthtthe citys Pool Committee is putting the finishing touches on a plan for the five pools movivg forward. Under the current draft of the plan. Leeds and cook pools will be closed at the end of the 2016 pool season and replaced with splash pads. Leif erikson pool would remain open. Until it can no longer hold water. The city will also build a new uatic center in morningside at cone park. And then close lewis pool when that center opens. The next step is presenting the plan at a Public Meeting next month before
Good council and a good mayor, we work well together. And i think our citizens are seeing that. And we want to continue to be positive in what we do. We want to be transparent and candid in our decsion making process. I look forward to a really good 2016 as well. Tonight the Council Members got into the holiday spirit by wearing decorated sweathers, ties, and hats. 3 3 the council was also in a giving mood tonight. Helping a sioux city business make plans to expand its facility. Consumers supply distributing moved in to the old U S Postal Service distribution facility on murphy drive back in 2012. Now. The company is planning a 50 thousand square foot expansion to that facility in the bridgeport industrial park. That expansion is getting some help from the city. With the City Council Approved a modified tax rebate schedule and a change to the propertys assessed value. 3 consumers supply hopes to move in to the new expansion as early as may. 3 the man accused of firing a gun during the