Interviewed by police. Morales Attorney Says after his client was read his miranda rights, he barely nodded his head. Attorney peter tenny claims his client made no verbal statement, and was completely silent. Tenny says that is insufficient to satisfy the burden of a valid, voluntary miranda waiver. An estherville, iowa, man says he wont seek a change of venue in his murder trial. Lee christensen is charged with 1st degree murder in thomas bortvits death back in june. Bortvits family reported him missing on june 6th. The 19yearolds body was found the next day in a rural part of emmet county. The day after that, christensen was arrested at the minneapolis airport. Christensens trial was orginally set for today. That trial was delayed over concerns about a potential conflict of interest regarding the attorney representing christensen and members of his family. Transportation Security Administration Officials Say they found a loaded firearm at the sioux gateway airport. The weapon was fo
Between january of 2011 and december of 2013. Hes now been sentenced to three years in prison. And must also pay 10 thousand dollars in restitution to the girls family. Larry the Nebraska Court of appeals has ruled that a man in prison for molesting his 6 year old daughter should not have his parental rights terminated. That decision comes in a case where the girls stepfather is seeking to adopt her and her two younger brothers. The Appeals Court says the fathers rights shouldnt have been terminated under a state adoption law that allows the termination of parental rights if the parent has abandoned the child for at least six months prior to the adoption filing. The Appeals Court says the imprisoned father had sent the children letters and cards in the six months before the adoption action was filed. Diana a northwest iowa college is trying to attract students to its manufacturing program. Northwest Iowa Community college in sheldon held its Second Annual Manufacturing Day event today.
Americans. Sot gausman on why trump is still allowed to come 3 during trumps visit to west high tomorrow. Peaceful protesters plan to march silently outside the school. Well have full coverage of trumps visit and the protests. Tomorrow on siouxland news. 3 donald trump not the only republican president ial hopeful planning to visit siouxland over the next few days former pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum has several stops scheduled in the area. Hell be in galva touring quad city corn processing friday morning at 9 a m. Followed by a stop at the blue bunny ice cream parlor in le mars a president ial politics conference at Dordt College in sioux center and the northwest Iowa Republican consortium in orange city. 3 florida senator marco rubio will be in sioux city this weekend as well. The g o p president ial hopeful will hold a happy hour event at bevs on the river in sioux city friday evening. That events set to get underway at 4 oclock friday afternoon. 3 and former Hewlett Packard c
Pressure to run. After House Majority leader Kevin Mccarthy dropped his bid earlier this month. C b s news correspondent Brook Silva Braga is in new york. I came to the conclusion that this is a very dire moment, not just for congress, not just for the republican party, but for our country. The announcement came after ryan spoke to House Republicans in a closeddoor meeting tuesday setting several conditions for taking the job. He wants to change house rules to make it harder to be removed as speaker and spend much less time fundraising than boehner has. sot rep. Paul ryan rwisconsin i cannot and i will not give up my family time. I may not be on the road as much as previous speakers but i pledge to make up for it with more time communicating our vision, our message. House Oversight Committee chairman Jason Chaffetz is among those already rallying behind own campaign for the spot sot rep. Jason chaffetz rutah im out, and im in with paul. hes the right person at the right time. sot rep.
3 the third candidate in the democratic race. Former Maryland Governor martin omalley. Will also be in northwest iowa this weekend. Omalley will speak at morningside colleges u p s auditorium friday at 9 a m. Followed by a meeting with the sioux city journals Editorial Board at 10and a meet and greet in denison at 2 30 friday afternoon. 3 and iowa congressman steve king will host several republican president ial candidates this weekend for his annual pheasant hunt. Ted cruz, mike huckabee, bobby jindal and Rick Santorum will join king and several other guests at the hole in the wall lodge near akron saturday morning. The annaul hunt on the first weekend of pheasant season is a tradition for the iowa congressman. Who typically brings several high profile conservative figures with him each year. 3 Sioux City Police have released some Surveillance Video of a person they are looking to identify. That person is wanted in connection with an Ongoing Investigation into the spread of counterfei