2nd degree murder in the death of his mother.our nick popham was in the courtroom as he explained why . and how he brutally killed his elderly mother. 3 jonathan neunaber sat before judge steven andreasen and the rest of the courtroom in the plymouth county courthouse. pleading guilty to two separate charges.the first is murder in the second degree and the second is willful injury-a class c offense. the charges came after neunaber beat his own mother to death with a steel pipe back in june of 2014 in their family home. following the back in june 2014 in their home. following the death of his father, he had a sudden realization to commit the crime. when dad died, i did not know what to do next. i was not prepared to be the man of the house. reporter: and that after hearing the statement, the judge ruled the plea was fair. the court therefore finds the defendant guilty of the charge of murder in the second degree and also guilty of the charge of willful injury. repor
had been radicalized for some time now. fbi director james comey told congress sayed farook and tashfeen malik were talking about jihad back in 2013, before they were even married. raising new fears about whether terrorist have figured out a way to gain access to the u-s. investigation to date . indicates they were actually radicalized before they started courting or dating each other online. also looking at a area high school, photos of the school were found on farook s authorities are still trying to scour the behind by the killers. controversy statements made by donald trump could be landiing and this morning, new informtion coming out about a person from trump s past abc s chief investigative correspondent brian ross has more. trump s statements about muslims and the 9/11 attacks have raised the biggest questions about his truthfulness. including his unsupported, and widely denied claim arabs in new jersey celebrated the attacks. donald trump: thousands and thousands of
some have taken to social media to criticize local leaders for the way they have spent tax dollars. so, why spend money on studies? yesterday, ktiv s tiffany lane asked local leaders that question. not one of the major markets in the country, doesn t mean we can t use ideas from some of those bigger arenas here. the tyson events center was awarded 68-thousand dollars for a study to look at physical improvements, as well as, a review of concessions and programming. the cone park project had the most expensive study for fiscal thousand dollars. parks and recreation director matt salvatore says that is because the study also included a preliminary design. we would have basically put together a rough idea of what we thought this project would-how it would have been done and we would have hired somebody to design and it wouldn t have given us the info up front, said matt salvatore, sioux city parks & recreation director. salvatore says without the study and design, they would
thursday on two charges of aiding in animal cruelty and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child, all misdemeanors. the case involves cell phone video that allegedly shows the graphic torture of a cat. four stanton teenagers are also charged as juveniles in the case. former wayne county attorney amy miller has been assigned as the special prosecutor. she says the case also involves the torture of a possum. van pelt could face up to six years in prison if convicted on all six counts. arraignment is set for december 22nd for van pelt and the juveniles. in addition to being a school board member, van pelt is also the former chief deputy of the stanton county sheriff s department. talk about getting hit when you re down. strong winds have destroyed a pilger, nebraska church that was being rebuilt after last year s devastating tornado. st. john s lutheran church was hit by 60 mile an hour winds wednesday evening, bringing down the building s north and south walls,
board member, van pelt is also the former chief deputy of the stanton county sheriff s department. an afternoon fire has damaged a machine shed on a farm southeast of le mars, iowa. firefighters from lelears, and several surrounding towns, responded to the blaze, which started shortly before two p-m. we don t know what sparked the fire. but, relatives of the homeowner told news 4 that no one was hurt in the fire. authorities have identified the pilot who was killed in a plane crash on interstate 29 in western iowa. the pottawattami e county sheriff s office says 65-year-old john rogers of omaha, nebraska, died when his single-engine plane crashed into the interstate median just north of council bluffs, iowa. authorities say rogers experienced problems shortly after taking off from omaha s eppley airfield, and was trying to turn around. witnesses told investigators the plane struck power lines, cartwheeled and crashed nose first. it c ce to rest on its top. rogers was alone in