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Together outside of the Coors Event Center in boulder, colorado wednesday night. Thats where the third Republican Debate is being held. Groups pushing for more gun control and Immigration Reform stood outsididholding signs. S. One group even had a large caricature of donald trump. Tim m for the third time he republican candidates for president debated the issues. And attempted to get noticed by voters in the crowded field. The focus of the third republican president ial debate was the economy. T...

Probably no closer than 80 or 90 miles to the Bakken Pipeline route. But in this part of central iowa, its closer to home and opponents re visible in their opposition. Sot nat cheer that was also true at the hearing site as opponents wore one color and those supporting the pipeline wore another. One cedar rapids man used his two minutes for a protest song but those supporting the project were singing a different tune in front of the board. It would be better for construction workers to work on p...

Reporting live, lukas voss abc9 jenna yet on what might fire. The family is getting some help from the red cross as far as a the time being. Tim if the developers pipeline need to use eminant domain to secure project, its apparently ok with Iowa Governor terry branstad. That project, also known as the Dakota Access pipeline. Is upsetting several whos land is needed for the pipeline across the state. Eminant domaine allows the state to take private property for public use with financial payment t...

Steep fines under federal law if those alerts are not issued. In usds case however. Where that picture came from or if there was still a threat when the message was sent out. Is in question sot there was no additional danger to the public. In our view. Those photos were not part of our investigation and we didnt release them to anybody. Later we found out they were facebook photos. Vermillion police chief Matthew Betzen said. Vo according to information from the university the pictures were used...

The pentagon says he was targeted by a drone strike as he was leaving in a vehicle in the isis declared capital of raqqa in syria. map the u. S. Spent months trying to down emwazi. Seen in these chilling videos showing the beheading of captives by the Islamist Terrorist Group isis. Nats terror video you have plotted against us . Authorities figured out emwazis identity soon after the beheading of american james foley in august. The ruthless wannabe isis leader then slaying americans Steven Sotlo...

Boulevard closed in 2002. Leaving about 150 people out of work. It later served as a warehouse for bomgaars. Now one of the nations largest processors of organic ingredients is moving in. American natural processors of cherokee already has facilities in in cherokee, galva and hartley. The Company Hopes to have the sioux City Building remodeled and running by next fall. Creating about 20 to 25 jobs. Owner mark schuett shoot says the company processes ingredients that include corn, canola, flax, r...

Nominated by fellow republicans to be the next speaker of the house. Ryan was the choice of 200 of his fellow 247 house republicans. Ryan now needs 218 votes in a full house vote tomorrow to officially become speaker. Police say three people were injured in a shooting inside an indidiapolis mall tonight. Police sayay male suspect came into theall and had words with a man he knew and then shot him. Police say the other two victims were hit by ricochet fire. Police say one suspect fled the scene a...

Warm, and an apartment to sleep in, tonight. But, hundreds of sioux cityans dont have that luxury, and sleep on the streets. Tonight, hundreds are sleeping outside, on purpose, to limit homelessness throughout the area. Housing or its very limited. As the opportunity to experience homelessness first hand, raises awareness and money in the community. They might not have anywhere to sleep, so were supporting them, said lacy barger homeless need help with getting food and shelter and people need to...

The city says theyve got the salt and the plows at the ready this morning. City maintenance says theyve been preparing since august, getting all of their equiptment lined up and ready to go out as soon as snow starts to actually stay on the ground. Theyve also already pre treated some of the roads in town. Weve got two brine trucks that have been out and theyre hitting the priority ones and priority twos streets. And we have the guys getting all the other salt and equiptment ready as far as putt...

Fighting snow before, back in 2003 the city exchanged traditional rock salt for salt brine in efforts to become more eco friendly. Reporting live in studio, bria bell abc 9 news. Jenna even with plowed roads, it can been slippery. So one thing to make sure before you head out is that your tires have enough grip to handle the snow. Youll want to make sure your tires arent without traction so that you can drive safely in the snow. We really just want to make sure that tires are in good condition, ...