Outside wednesday morning he waited for my dad to come out ofof the e use, he waited out here. When my dad came out, he and my dad had a verbal whatever. Um they started arguin he chased my dad down the block and stabbed him down the block and my dad made it back to the house to get help. Mace was taken to Mercy Medical where he passed away due to injuries. Sioux city police aprehended wanatee 10 hours after responding to the inital call. Wannatee is being held at the woodbubu county jail on Second Degree murder charges. Although, maces family can breathe a sigh of relief that wanatee is off the streets they hold on to the good memories of a beloved father and grandfather. He was a great guy, he was a great dad. Everybody liked him, if you met him, you would have liked him. He had an awesome smile. Awesome smile. And um, hed help anybody, he wasnt perfect, but he was a good person, he had a good heart. And its a tragedy. For christina abc 9 learned that wanatee was out on bond for a ch
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
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Medicaid is a huge program. A 4. 2 billion dollar staterun program. Hundreds of thousands of iowans benefit from it, and at this point its on track to change hands in 13 days. Amerigroup, amerihealth, united healthcare. Iowa is only days away from these three Companies Taking over medicaid and the Hawki Program which insures kids. Letters went out to families asking them to make their decision by february 17th about which company they want to use. But theres a major hiccups for people who have to make this choice their healthcare provider, whether thats a doctor, pharmacist, a clinic, a pediatrician, or case manager might not be signed up with one of the companies. Acccording to the department of human services. fs only 60 percent of providers in the state have signed contracts with all three of the private companies. 70 percent have signed with two. And 90 percent have signed with just one of the companies. cms website thats a major concern of cms the federal group that has to give it
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