Targeted . The usd greek system reacts to insults spray painted on a frat house. Hes such an inspiration to the entrepenuers, back home again. Billionaire and sioux city native ted waitt shares advice with entrepeneurs looking to follow his lead. Tim good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and im jenna rehnstrom. Former Iowa Governor chet culver says hes giving a voice to the voiceless by advocating on behalf of iowans states new medicaid plan. Tim meeting today to medicaid pateints say they are already facing. Abc 9s bria bell was able to speak to the those at the meeting and has more in studio. Bria tim and jenna, former governor culver says he believes the power of legislation lies within its people and now hes stepping in to try and advocate for what can we do to stop it . Mondays town hall meeting gave siouxland residents a platform to raise concerns about iowas move to priviatized medicaid services. Some say the program, which becomes active on march
Plus. Former Iowa Governor chet culver hasnt given up his fight against iowas medicaid changes. Stay tuned to find out why hes concerned. And. The latest on the controversial transgender bathroom bill in south dakota. Whats next . These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning and thank you for starting your day with us. Im lukas voss. After almost 2 decades without a pay bump, the mayor of sioux city and Council Members are set to get a 50 percent raise. It may seem like a big boost. But many inside city hall say. Its probably time. When comparing the City Councils wages to thier county counterparts, theres a big gap. Woodbury county supervisors earning over 32 thousand dollars a year with their chair netting just under 40grand. But does it justify the City Councils pay increase . Abc9 News Reporter Christina Grijalva has more the mayor of sioux city and Council Members may soon be getting a much needed raise. Its been about 18 1 2 years by the time that the wag
Youll hear from them. Up ahead. And. Changes to iowas medicaid system are less than a month away. Well bring you all the details from des moines. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning and thanks for joining us. Im lukas voss. It was an emotional scene at the woobury county court house yesterday. As two sioux city teens were sentenced for staging a bank robbery last year crying. I love you 18 year old Angelica Perez and 19 year old heaven zevenbergen were sentenced to 5 years in prison for staging a robbery at the Security National bank located inside the hamilton boulavard hyvee store. Where zenvenbergen worked as a teller. During the robbery perez went up to zevenbergens window and demanded cash. Zevenbergen then pretended to faint to buy some get away. Both were eventually caught and pleaded guilty to 2nd degree theft in connection to the crime. A representative of the bank is saying the incident had a Lasting Impact within one week the bank lost two e
The race. Fiorina had poor showing at the primary, where she took home less than 5 percent of the vote. And new Jersey Governor Chris Christie also announced that he is suspending his campaign. Since announcing he was running for president. Christie hadnt polled in the top half of the republican candidates. Lukas and the South Carolina republican president ial primary is just over a week away. The three candidates looking to be the establishment candidate for the gop are duking it out. But who will be the last candidate standing . Reporter dana bash has the latest. nat sound john kasich arrived in South Carolina of histrong New Hampshire finish. gov. John kasich r president ial candidate what i celebrated last night was the army of volunteers delivered the victory. To be sure, kach was a distant second behind donald trump. Among republicans vying for the mainstream mantle, leaving the gop field even more scrambled, and kasich preparing for political incoming. gov. John kasich r preside
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