Iowa director, lisa naslund. Kingsley says support is erything, and organinirs agree. A lot of peoeoe feel like theyve been left behind eitr from the vietnam war and a lot of them coming home from iraq and afghanistan and we just need to be there and support them. Theyve given their time and some of them their lives for us, said support siouxland soldiers Community Relations director, sam hacker. They say the event helps engage vetetens. Eve n if theyre relucta. Wh en theyre ready, organizations are there to help. Support siouxland soldiers was one of the organizations that came out to the event. They presented an award to students who are helping veterans. The Organization Presents their heroes on the homefront award to organizatioio, schools and businesses who support troops in a major way. Today, Le Mars Community High School Students received that award for their continued donations. They gathered food, hygiene items and care packages. Its important for the Young Students to know h
Allowed to reconsider sentences within a year of the sentencing date, without notifying the county attorney attorney general or the victims family. Sioux county attorney Thomas Kunstle had this to say today. This is sort of an unprecedented move. Undermines any closure the victims may have had. Tim the family of autumn elgersma says they plan to attend all future parole hearings so the iowa parole board is aware of the impact sapps crimes had on them and their community in general. Jenna the elgersrs family is honoring the memory of autumn by helping start a center for children who have been abused. Autumns center, will be the newest addition to the Seasons Center for Behavioral Health located in spencer iowa. Theyve just recently received a grant for just over 35 thousand dollars from the Iowa Department of Public Health to recruit child and adolescent phychiatrists within the next few weeks, Seasons Center plans on begining renovations for autumns center. Nat walking jenna today advo
Snow chance is monday, lived service from sioux city to denver. But now the company is pulling flights from sioux falls as well. Temporarily, beginning january 3rd. The company says flights will resume in april. Jessica rae iowa is about to go through a huge undertaking, a complete re vamp of the states medicaid system. Five weeks remain until the new plan is supposed to start. Insurance packets have arrived but the plans arent in place. Amanda krenz brings has an update. Iowans currently on medicaid received this packet in the mail. It tells them to choose an m co a managed care organization. There are four out ofstate mcos to choose from. Greg no other state in the country has tried to move to managed care in this compressed timeline. Greg boattenhamer of the Iowa Hospital Association says governor branstads deadline of januarty 1st to change over the states Medicaid Program is way too agressive. How do people know which of these companies to pick . Which one will include their curre
Who was shot 16 times by a Police Officer. Jessicicrae plus. Ill show you u w a siouxland soup kitchen is preparininto feed the homeless a traditional turkey dinner for thanksgiving. Jessica rae and. If youre not a fan of turkey. How about turkducken instead . Well show you how to make one. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae good morning and happy thanksgiving thank you for joining us. We begin this morning with protests in chicago. After dashcam video of a shooting at the hands of police was released tuesday. Reporter ryan young has more when Laquan Mcdonald was shot and killed more than a year ago his death went by with little notice. But the release of dash cam video showing how the 17 yearold was gunned down by a Police Officer has propelled his case into the national spotlight. shyrell hnson Laquan Mcdonalds uncle wgn my nephew was shot in the back and all them other places 16 times. nats 16 shots. The phrase protesters having been chanting as they call
Thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and im Jenna Rehnstrom most of us will gather with our family tomorrow. The turkey is carved and the potatoes passed around the table. But there are also those less fortunate tim for them. The holidays may feel just like any other day. Something some local businesses and volunteer groups want to change. Our lukas voss has more. Thanks tim and jenna, it was a humbling experience going around the city today and finding people that are trying to make the holidays more enjyoable for those in need. Sot we are serving our turkey, grilled potatoes, dressing. Vo and much more. Sioux citys soup kitchen opened their doors at 4 30 today for people in need of a warm holiday meal. Evelyn marsh has been managing the soup kitchen for the past 20 years and around the holidays it always seems a bit more crowded. Sot i am expecting over 200 hundred tonight hopefully. The soup kitchen runs on dodotions. People v vunteer to spent ththr time so that othe