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
Is justice served. A father speaks out against the man who claimed the life of his son. Tragic accident. A farm accident in Clarke County claims a life today. How it happened. And the efforts to save him. Missing teen. The search continues for a missing 17yearold boy. What the teenager was doing before his disappearance. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight. The family of a murder victim is speaking out tonight. Saying they believe justice has not been served. In september. 50 year old Stephen Jonas was sentenced to 50 years in prison for stabbing and killing 21 year old zach paulsen in august of 2014. At the time. The victims family thought the punishment fit the crime. That is until a few weeks ago. Justin surrency has more. The memory remains fresh. I found him, my sons body laying against the fence, this is where he was murdered. In september, a jury made 50 year old s
Jail. The charges. And how a judge decided to release him. Caucus preps. We are less than 50 days away from the iowa caucuses. How volunteers are preparing. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 my son had a lot of persistence and im doing this for brandon. Its taken nearly two years but a clive family is one step closer to closure in the death of their son. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us. New information is now pointing the blame at Anthony Piercy. The state trooper who arrested brandon ellingson. In may of 2014, ellingson drowned while in handcuffs at lake of the ozarks after being fitted with the wrong life jacket. Justin surrency has the latest on the case. Its a good thing but its been coming for a long time. New information aims to overturn Missouri State trooper may 2014 drowning of brandon ellingson. Ive filed the charge of Involuntary Manslaughter against Anthony Piercy today for the ellingsons, a death
17 09 0709 he was right by me, i told him to stay right by me. several questions remain unanswered about a des moines teen found dead in a pond. For the first time his best friend is sharing his account of what happened that night. Police have made an arrest in yesterday east side shooting. Who police have in custody. And why his age will play a factor in his charges from who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening and happy new year. Im jodi whitworth. It was the biggest game for the hawkeyes in decades but they could not pull off a win. Iowa and stanford faced off in the rose bowl tonight. This is the first time the schools have ever played each other. This was stanford 3rd trip to the rose bowl in 4 years. And iowa. Their first in 25years. Stanford scored within seconds of the start of the game. And it up. Standford lead 35 to zero at the half iowa was able to get on the board in the second half. However the hawks lost 16 to 45 tha