You the latest on a number of proposed bills. Why iowa senator Chuck Grassley. Continues to the president all news this morning. Good morning and thanks for joining im lukas voss. We begin this morning with circumstances surrounding a fatal stabbing on the westside of sioux city. 50yearold vernon mace was killed. And now the lone suspect is being held on murder charges. Police responded to a call early wednesday morning at a home near the corner of west first and helmer. Where they found mace suffering stab wounds. He was taken to Mercy Medical center where he died. 10 hours later. Police apprehended the man they believe to be responsible, 47year old eliase wanatee. Who was booked on 1st degree murder charges this afternoon. Wanatee has a previous criminal Second Degree murder conviction which he served 10 years for. And details surrounding maces death are now surfacing abc9 News Reporter Christina Grijalva brings us reaction from the victims family. I never in my life would have imagi
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
Joining us on this friday morning. Im lukas voss. The Sioux City Catholic Diocese is planning major changes for siouxland parishioners. Dozens of churches will no longer host sunday mass. Its in response to a decline in people heading to church on sundays. And fewer priests trying to take care of more churches. Abc9 news anchor Jenna Rehnstrom has more about the potential impact. Father lingle says, simply put, we have too many sunday masses in too many places that are too sparcly attended. Father brent lingle tells me leading up to thursdays announcement, hes been praying for peace for the diocese he serves. But, he knows changes are neccessary to navigate the decreasing number of prits and also declining numbers of people theyre serving. Father lingle, i look at my brother priests who are facing retirement age and i know they work hard and i know were spending more time in our cars than we are doing ministry, so im about the process because as we look forward, i think its going to re
The man who lives inside the home thats being surrounded has been living there for about 20 years and they tell me it is usually a quiet neighborhood. But they say that they hope the standoff ends peacefully. In west omaha shannon smith, siouxland news. Larry diana 3 police say a sioux city man is facing burglary charges after getting caught trying to steal a car this morning. 25 year old Sesar Martinez was arrested around 3 this morning. After Police Received a call from a man shopping at the floyd boulevard walmart. The man told them there was an unknown person in his car. When confronted. And ordered out of the car. The man was attempting to shove a piece of metal into the ignition. He ran before police arrived. But was tracked down by a k 9 officer to Trinity Heights and arrested. Martinez is charged with two counts of third degree burglary and one count of criminal trespass. Hes being held in the Woodbury County jail on 10 thousand dollars bond. 3 a year to the day after a deadly
3 3 theres a debate raging between Silicon Valley and the government after apple refuses to comply with a court order to unlock the i phone belonging to one of the San Bernardino killers. C b s news correspondent don champion is in new york. 3 2429 chy Cindy Cohn Electronic Frontier Foundation 55104 chy mandy pifer victims fiance pkg tech giant google is standing with apple. As its encryption battle with the government unfolds. In a series of tweets wednesday night the companys chief executive. Questioned the validity of a court order. Requiring apple to help unlock the iphone of San Bernardino shooter, syed farook. Saying the move could set a troubling precedent. Some iphone users flocked to this San Francisco apple store wednesday to voice their support. sot Cindy Cohn Electronic Frontier Foundation we understand that theyre standing up for us, and we appreciate them standing up for us. Farook and his wife killed 14 people in e december shooting rampage. Farooks workissued iphone 5c