Jessica rae we begin this morning with a story out of sioux city, North High Schools former band director is facing felony charges. 34 year old Lucas Sursely who resigned from his position last week was arrested for Sexual Exploitation by a School Employee. While in police custody, sursely admitted to sending a lewd photo to a student. According to court documents, sursely told police after his arrest he was texting a 15 year old female student about having sex with him. The 34yearold submitted his resignion to the School One Week ago, and parents were notified about the matter in a meeting on monday. A press conference was held yesterday afternoon, where School Administrators from the district spoke on the and although the superintendent on the the circumstances surrounding the arrest, doctor paul to make it very clear theyre doing everything to resolve the situation. I assure the community that we take matters of this naturereery seririsly. This is the work that we do. We e do our wo
Im tim seaman jenna and im Jenna Rehnstrom the Sioux City Community School District held a press Conference Today to talk about the arrest of the former North High School band director, Lucas Sursely sirslee . Tim he faces a charge of Sexual Exploitation by a school employee. Even more concerning. This is not the first time the high school has delt with Something Like this. Lukas voss brings us more. Thank you tim and jenna. Indeed this is actually the third time i i just over two years that north high has had to deal with scandals sourrounding their educational staff. Earlier this year. A soccer coach s found guilty of Sexual Exploitation by a school employee. He was sentenced earlier this month then in 2013 the former band director resigned after he had admitted to selling school owned instruments to recover from gambling debt, and now. This. Nats marching band vo north highs 34year old band director arrested and chargegewith Sexual Exploitation by a schoololmployee. Textinina 15 yea
The Salvation Army just got word about the Fundraising Campaign a couple of days ago. 8 34 15 i was surprised it even happened. 8 41 27 the Salvation Army says any money hassan raises could help with programs throughout the year like this christmas meal 8 36 11 doesnt matter what faith it is we reach out to our fellow human being when we see a need we want to address that need. So being able to Work Together is exciting hassan wants to help his neighbors and help reduce the tension felt against muslims. And if it takes 30thousand dollars thats what hell work toward. 8 10 05 i know its a lot of money, but i am a big dreamers so i like to dream big dreams. In cedar rapids, jill kasparie, kcrgtv9 news. Well put a link to the gofundme page with this story on our website at kcrg dot com, after the show. The Salvation Army says it has raised 58percent of its fundraising goal. It still needs about 330 our sky has cleared off for the time being, which will continue into the night. Our lows wil
How a central iowa teens body ended up in a pond. Search and rescue crews recovered 17yearold sam kepts body in that pond off highway 141 near granger. Sam was last seen near the area on saturday after leaving a house party. Officials spent hours combing through woods and ditches, and even searched with an airplane before making the devastating discovery. A spokeswoman for the family said mothers shouldnt have to bury children. Sammy was their family, their flesh and blood, you know . Theyre hurting right now. Still no word yet on how this happened. Authorities say, at this point, theyre unsure if the death is suspicious. Its been almost two weeks since authorities found 18yearold moe seds body in the cedar river. Officials discovered the waterloo teen on december 6th. He went missing on october 22nd. There were no signs of trauma, and authorities are still trying to figure out what happened. A late night fire sent one person to the university of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department respon
Alert forecast, kaj. Plan on another windy day in the area with highs around 30 degrees in many spots. Along this cold front, a passing snow shower may occur, mainly along and north of a waterloomaquoketa line. While no major issues are anticipated, a brief reductctn in visibility could occur in anynynow shower. Well see our coldest night of december so far tonight, with lows in the midteens. Plan on a nice saturday with highs back in the mid30s. Midupper 40s are still on track for sunday with a chance of rain by evening. Have a great weekend family and friends of an 18yearold iowa state student killed this week will honor her life today. Family and friends of an 18yearold iowa state student killed this week will honor her life today. The Center Point United Methodist church is holding a visitation today. Its for emmalee jacobs who died on monday after a hit and run on the ames campus. She just graduated from center pointurbana high school last may. Jacobs put a lot of her time into he