Teacher. The judge sided with the prosecution in issuing the verdict. But said changes to the law may be needed when it comes to non teachers who supervise students. Larry a northwest iowa teacher and coach is out of a job after he was found asleep in his classroom with a student. And the school board is also looking into the action of the superintendent who fired him. The Sibley Ocheydan school board voted 41 last night to terminate kyle ewingers contract. He was fired after the districts superintendent found him asleep in his classroom with the student. A student who has been staying with ewingers family. Ewinger says he wasnt able to leave the school until 3 a m because of his duties as the head football coach. Hed locked himself out of his house and had no other option than having the child sleep on an air mattress at the school. No charges are pending in the case. Diana a storm lake man convicted of forcing his wife to terminate two pregnancies is heading to prison. 55 year old to
Goslar of cherokee surrendered peacefully just before 11 oclock last night. Ending a standoff that began just before 2. Officers were originally called to the house by goslar. Who was threatening suicide. They saw a gun in his home and called for backup. Officers from the iowa state patrol and their swat team. As well as Cherokee County sheriffs deputies and police. Were on the scene. Goslar was taken to the Cherokee Regional Medical Center for evaluation. Its not yet known if he will face any criminal charges. 3 3 a new Airline Might be serving sioux Gateway Airport next spring. United airlines is now competing with the current provider American Airlines for the right to operate 13 weekly flights to and from chicagos ohare airport. Both have submitted bids to the federal government for subsidies under the essential air service program. American airlines is asking the f a a for one point two million dollars. United is asking for a little more than 300 thousand. The airports director sa
Warm, and an apartment to sleep in, tonight. But, hundreds of sioux cityans dont have that luxury, and sleep on the streets. Tonight, hundreds are sleeping outside, on purpose, to limit homelessness throughout the area. Housing or its very limited. As the opportunity to experience homelessness first hand, raises awareness and money in the community. They might not have anywhere to sleep, so were supporting them, said lacy barger homeless need help with getting food and shelter and people need to be aware to be homeless, said matthew christian. Were going to sleep in some boxes tonight, were going to build a castle to lay siege to homelessness, said alec devries, a junior at morningside college. Hoping sleeping outside results in siouxlanders sleeping inside. While theres 300 people that may be sleeping outside in the siouxland area on any given night. Theres around 2,500 people in total that are homeless in the area. Tonight, they aimed to raise 50,000 hoping to counter that number. Ma
After some patchy fog and possibly a few slick spots early this morning, well see another day of widespread melting today. Highs will once again reach the 40s with a few 50s southwest and some 30s northeast with a decent amount of sunshine and steady southeasterly winds. More widespread fog and drizzle will develop tonight and continue into wednesday that could make visibilities a bit low for you holiday travelers. See graphics. Wx timer 40 the National Institute on alcohol abuse and addiction says alcohol contributeteto more than 200 didiases and injuryrelated conditions. That includes alcohol dependence and even cancer. That dependence is high among native americans. And yesterday, native Community Members and law enforcers met to brainstorm what can be done to keep their Families Together by fighting alcoholism. Ktivs tiffanny lane a aended the meetetg and has the details. Americans make up nearly half of the public intoxication arrests i isioux city. Whitesesame in second with almo
This year to date, native americans make up nearly half of the public intoxication arrests in sioux city. Whites came in second with almost a third of the arrests. There has been an increase in arrests among native americans in sioux city over the last few years. In 2013, they made up 46 percent of the public intoxication arrests. That number dropped slightly to 45 percent in 2014. But, so far this year, it has risen to 49 percent. Mondays meeting was meant to fight this increase. Su four directions director says this type of dialogue is a great first step in addressing the issue of alcoholism. He says one way to help look forward is getting rid of stereotypes. Its easy to point at the homeless, easy to point at the addicted, easy to point at nobody who those who have no hope, said frank lamere, director of the four Directions Community center. But what can we do change it . And all of us here have commitment to it, but i dont know how much of resources we have. One option discussed du