moritz suffered a gunshot wound to his inner thigh. (sheila) moritz is expected to make a full recovery. the man poce say pulled the trigger, 18- year-old isaiah mothershed, also shot himself during the struggle with moritz. mothershed is in police custody at sioux city s mercy medical center. ktiv s michelle schoening joins us from the newsroom with the latest. michelle, what led police to the scene? matt and shelia, it all started with a call around 11:15 saturday night from a male saying he was being robbed at building 19 of the vallll park apartments on park a anue. a lengthy investigation led police to an apartment inside building 13 in the same complex. officers made their way inside when they noticed a number of stolen items. police arrested, and handcuffed, mothershed. they had him sit on a couch until he could be taken to jail. while on the couch, mothershed pulled out a 40-caliber hand gun that was hidden inside the couch. police say mothershed shot his right thigh.
robbery in the first degree, and one count of home invasion following an incident, on south alice street in morningside, back on december 7th. police say officer moritz s injuries areret serious and expect him to return to work within a couple of weeks. this is the third sioux city police officer shot in the last three years. chief young says officers are vulnerable at times during this job. he says going forward the will continue to train for matt and shelia. (sheila) thanks michelle. (sheila) police have arrested seven people who were at thehepartment in connectioioofficer moritz s (matt) ktkt s tiffany lane spokwith details. matt and sheila, the individuals have been linked to robberies in sioux city dating back to january 29th. they range from 15 to 20 years old. they are 19 year-old justin ferguson, 20- year-old robert seaberry, and 18 year-old jordyn delfs, 16, year-old austin bulizak, 16-year-old jamaal ferguson, 17-year-old macayla knigig, and a 15-year-old who has s
players to be playing together, interacting and learning from one another out on the splash pad, said kevin negaard, sioux city miracle league. no decision was made at the city council meeting, but councilwoman rhonda capron says the council supports the miracle league. a great quality of life project for all of us, said sioux city councilwoman rhohoda capron. i just think sioux city is so lucky to have mark helping u udo this. neegard also says they plan to build a miniature golf course that would be handicap the blizzard warning is no longer in effect, but what can siouxland expect tomorrow? here to tell us that is chief meteorologis t ron demers with the first look at our forecasas nter weather advisory for eastern siouxland until midnight the blizzard w wning that has bebe in effect for eastete siouxland is expiring this evening as snonoshowers move east and our wind will ease a little bit anyway. we ll keep a steady breeze tonight at about 15-25 miles per hour but
after a doozy of a monday weather- wise, we ll see a colder and quieter weather pattern with a couple of small snow chances. our winds remain a bit strong this morning which is still causing some patchy blowing snow in some of our easternmost communities along with sub-zero windchills across the board. other than that, today should be hazard-free as winds diminish just a touch but remain steady. we should also see a bit more sun too with highs near 20 degrees. lows tonight will drop into the single digits as clluds inccease late and could bring in a few flurries if not quick snow dusting for some on wednesday. we ll have another slight chance of flurries thursday night as highs continue to cling to the 20- degree mark moving into the weekend before getting their next big bump up to the 30s on sunday. that s also when we ll stand yet another slight chance of a snow shower. those wanting warmer temperatures might have better luck next week as indicated by preliminary model runs
hoping that not only can we maintain where they are at but elevate them to a higher level, ys reynolds. the governor s office says about 25 percent of the state s third graders arar t reading at their grade levelel thisisrogram is to help ththe students who are struggling. what we want to encourage them to do is enter their child into the summer reading program so we can get them to the level they need to be so we aren t passing them on unprepared and setting them up for failure and it s about making sure our kids our successful and they can compete, says reynolds. several school districts in siouxland have signed up for the program, including sioux city. a former storm lake city council member announced she will run for a seat in the iowa legislature. sarah huddleston served three terms as a council member in storm lake. she was appointed by governor tom vilsack as a commissioner for the latino affairs commission under the department of human district 11, which includes b