Say that there could be an easy solution to the problem. Here is the real issue. A lot of these individuals, low level non violent offenders should never enter the prison system to begin with. They should be diverted to drug courts or Mental Health courts, lukas well have much more on the issue of mandatory minimums and why some are asking for changes. Tonight on abc9 news at ten. Reporting live in studio. Lukas voss abc9 news. Tim are you a black friday shopper . Stores like walmart plan to open doors at 6pm on thanksgiving day. And this year a designated one hour guarentee line promises to send shoppers home with items of their choice at a marked down price. Even if the item is not in stock, stores say theyll get it before christmas for a later pick up. I can tell you that it is going to be a great black friday. We are going to have over one million tvs, over ten million pairs of pajamas and over 15 million movies that we will have ready for our black friday event, said van matre. Wa
They found smoke coming from the home. Crews were forced to saw a hole in the roof of the home to contain the fire. According to the assitant fire chief the fire started in the kitchen and spread up into the attic. Crews went ahead and made entry, and found a fire in a kitchen that had extended through the ceiling up into the attic of the structure. thankfully no one was home at the time of the fire the family cat was rescued, but the home has been red tagged. The American Red Cross is assiting the family. Jessica rae president obama addressed the nation this morning, recapping recent steps the us is taking in order to ensure a safe holiday, just a day ahead of thanksgiving. Obama says officials are taking every precaution right now we know no specific or credible t teat against ththunited states. The president say the combined resources of our Homeland Security department and our military are combmbting any y tential threatat and saysys americans should carry on with eir thanksgiving
Dayplanner reveals temperatures be home to a new business. The former sioux tools building on floyd blvd now has a local owner. Who is planning to bring it back to life in a special way,. Abc9 News Reporter bria bell has more. I would see it as a boy and say, god that is a neat building, said schuett. Mark schuett is the new owner of the building which was home to a company many siouxlanders know , sioux tools. But what many may not know is that even b bore sioux tools, there was sioux city brick and tile. The building has over a century worth of history and mark says that his game plan is to remodel the building in a way thats similar to its 1920s form. Part of what we wanted to do was actually restore it back to what im going to call its glory days in the 20s and get it to look like that and to be able to use it to do our processing, said schuett. Marks company is americananatural processors incorporated, a business that produces grain, protein concentrates, oil and more. He says tha
Federal lawsuit agaiait the Sioux City Community School District. North high schools previous band director resigned after stealing thousands of dollars of school instruments. In 2013, kevin massey was sentenced to three years of probation and a fiveyear suspended sentence. He pleaded guilty to theft after prosecutors lowered the charge. Plus, he was ordered to pay most 20,000 in restitution totohe School District and three pawn shops. Investigators say he stole more than 50,000 in instruments to cover gambling debts. New details are being released following a threat made friday against sheldon high school. The threat was written on a bathroom wall of the school, but officials have not revealed what the threat said. According to the Obrien County attorney, a 14yearold boy was s ken into custody on saturday. The county attorney confirmed he was a student of the high school. The boy was taken into detention. A hearing is set to determine whether he should be held in detention or released
Continue into tomorrow. Wth even warmer temperatures expected saturday afternoon. Highs will climb closer to that 40 degree mark due to southeasterly winds. The above average streak of temperatures will linger through the weekend and into the start of our work week with a slight chance of a wintry mix returning for wednesday. Wx timer 40 we officially have a date for the first president ial primary. The New Hampshire primary will 9th, maintaining the states firstinthenation primary status. New hampshires cretary of state made the formal announcement thursday. The contest will be held eight days after iowa holds its caucuses on february first. In prior years. The setting of New Hampshires primary date was more uncertain, and contentious, as other states threatened to move their primary or caucus dates forward. But New Hampshire always successfully defended its early state status. And has done so again in 2016. President ial candidate marco rubio took his feud with rival ted cruz to the