Good morning and thanks for joining us. Im lukas voss. We begin this morning with the sioux city teen charged with attempted murder for shooting a police officer. Isaiah mothershed made his first appearance in court yesterday. Via a video feed from the Woodbury County jail. The 18yearold was read his chars. Which include two counts of attempted murder and five counts of first degree robbery. Each carrying a maximum 25 year prison sentence. Mothershed was arrested sunday morning after a lenghty investigation into a string of robberies. Authorities believe hes connected to several crimes, including a Home Invasion where a special needs child was tied up and beaten while others were held at gunpoint. Judge todd hensley says, i would advise you now that you are not required to make a statement and any statement you do make can be used against you at trial. Sir do you have any questions for the court at this time about your charges or your bond . Mothershed says, i do not. Mothershed was or
Hospital facing several counts including attempted murder of a Police Officer robbery and one count of home invasion. Also facing a laundry list of charges is 19 year old justin ferguson, and 20year old robert seaberry, 18 year old jordyn delfs is being charged with keeping a disorderly house and harborjng a missing juvenile. That missing juvenile also part of mothersheds group, 17 year old micayla knight, she contributed in planning the robberies and is also facing charges three other juveniles were also involved in the robbery schemes and will be prosecuted as well. We work hard to put criminals like this in jail, says doug young, Sioux City Police chief. Coming up at 10 well bring you all the latest on the police investigation. Reporting live in the studio, jess plue, abc9 news. Tim local businesses are becoming victims to cyber hackers, but there is a way to protect your company even if its a mom and pop shop or big corporation. Jenna based law firm specializes in protocols to ensu
Officer early saturday morning. Responding to a drug tip. Police were called to an urbandale hotel around oclock in the morning. Upon arrival. Three suspects began fighting with them. During the scuffle. A man shot at the officers and an officer returned fire. Killing that man. The investigation includes multiple agencies. Including dci and polk county. Authorities say video will be important to the case sgsg gary lang, Urbandale Police Department Video evidence is a a y to any crimimand investigatatn and r officers have been wearing body cameras for quite some time. The name of the officer and the suspects are not being released at this time. Two female suspects fled from the scene the fight and were arrested about half a mile from the hotel. Lukas things were rockin at the hard rock last night. Music playing the e cond annual pete godod memorial alss benefit concert drew a packed house last night with four bands help raise money and awareness for als. One number 7 band was help. Were
Businesses from the area where culture is the main part of their success. If you live in a diverse place, youll have to be open minded to the different cultures, says keokham. Carina keokham lives in storm lake, one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the state of iowa. She was born in california, but her family is from south east asia. Carina alonside her relatives run and own a laotian and thai buffet and grocery store, she says that due to the cities demographics, shes been exposed to a multitude of different, nationalities, cultures, and languages. Somethi ng that she doesnt seem to take for last week i got to which is pretty cool customers who different stories about their about their food. Stories and its cool relationship with people you dont know, says keokham. Owners who orginate from other countries is quite with a population of thousand. Micronesian, a pacific islander, works at his families pohnpei market, as a uncle opened the culture into the community. He just wante
Tim goodning and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman. Jenna has the night off. Although officially approved this week by the federal government. Iowas privatized medicaid plan doesnt begin until april first. But that isnt helping those whstill have questions about their service and coverage. As our bria bell found out today, that includes parents of childr who attend therapy for developemntal needs s bria tim,the federal government has given iowa the green light on the anticipated new medicaid plan that will go into affect about a month from now. But some parents dont know the ins and outs of their childrens coverage and say they feel left in the dark. Therapy station in sioux city hopes with the extra time, the Privatized Companies can help better inform concerned parents. The bad things is everyone knows the same amount of information right now which is basically nothing, says hindman. Many parents whos children visit therapy station for developmental issues are covered by