School students who love what i love and doing what im doing and sharing in it and living in the moment, says megan kellen, a senior snare drummer. For senior megan kellen, its her last hurrah with the closeknit group. 11 15 i think its important for High Schoolers to do these things, because they are going to get to experience these things they cant any other way in high school, says kellen. Its seventh grader, sarah stegges first trip with the band. 17 43 its a once in a lifetime opportunity and it blows your mind away, says stegge. Also mind blowing, the 24 hour bus ride to get to florida. 19 17 it will be a long day getting down there, says stegge. 27 28 at first you feel like sardines, says niebuhr. 19 36 bring a lot of snacks and games, says stegge. So after nearly 120 hours of rehearsal time, are they ready . 25 40 a couple of weeks ago, i would have gone, well, i dont know. This week they have done fantastic the last three weeks and turned it up, says paul niebuhr, the bands di
On wednesday, in san bernardino, california . Breen asked. Well, horrific is exactly the right word, said hillary clinton, d president ial candidate. Horrific, and in the fbis opinion, and an act of terrorism. The two killers were motivated by that radical jihadist ideology that we have to try and stamp out and defeat around the world, clinton said. But, how . I gave a long speech, today, about how we have to take on isis in the air, american leadership, other nations finally coming to join us in doing that, clinton said. Arab troops on the ground supported by people in the region, not american troops because in my view that would not be the smartest move to take. With the recent revalation that the female shooter, tashfeen malik, pledged allegiance to isis and its leader on facebook, clinton says we cant ignore the internet. Then we have to fight online, clinton said. splice to we have to be really vigilant this very sophisticated isis network to recruit and radicalize people, clinton
Much, said risor about the firefighters she works with daily. So, for me, to help out another one of us that works here it is not a big deal, in my mind. That is what you do when you work here. The fire chief says risor was nominated partly because of her taking on the duties of a coworker who suffered Health Issues during the year. Risor said she is humbled by the award, and is thankful for the people she works alongside everyday. Three other people were also honored. Friends, family and colleagues say goodbye to a new York City Police detective with ties to siououand. Joseph lemm was killed in a Suicide Attack in afghanistan last week. Nat snd of bag pipes detective lemm was orginally from beemer, nebraska. He was the son of shirley lemm from wisner. During his time with the nypd, he was deployed twice to afghanistan and once to iraq. He was one of six Service Members killed. Behind a wife and two children. Siouxland veterans gathered today for free coffee and good company. The organ
Nearly 1 in 4 shoppers wait late into the Holiday Season to finish their shopping this year. Picking up last minute items. How many last minute items have you gotten so far . I have three, i have three more to get. The National Retail federation says the average Holiday Shopper completed about 50 of their shopping by the second week of december. And about one third of those shoppers bought their Holiday Gifts this last week. We got a lot of stuff. Were going to see santa today. Retail experts say, jewelry, clothing, and shoes are among the products with the deepest discounts compared to last year. And the National Retail federation says, sales could increase by 3. 7 this Holiday Season compared to last year. And were looking for dresses for our winter formal and stuff. So its like great to come here around christmas and find things. A lot of people out here. I enjoy seeing the kids. I just wish everybody remember the reason for the season. And shoppers are expected to spend approximate
Something or heard something, said something, allowing us to quickly take action. 3 3 sioux citys city council is moving forward with two development projects. A plan to replace a large hangar at the sioux Gateway Airport severely damaged by windstorms in 2014 got final approval toght. That plan will replace the one large hangar with 10 smaller, single plane hangars. Construction will begin as soon as weather permits. Mayor bob scott says this project is a start. 3 we have never built real t hangers for small airplanes, and so we are building ten of them to see how succesesul we will be and this will. If they are successful and the rent is justified we will probably build more in the future. The council also giving formal approval to a tax credit for a newly expanded sioux city business. Curlys foods just off lewis boulevard added 30 new jobs this april. As part of a multi Million Dollar expansion. Scott says tonight, the city sigigd off on its part of an economic 3 its a very nice pro