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About if that would be money well spent. Abc 9s bria bell tells us why local police say they need a little more help on the streets. Bria jenna, during this weeks City Council Budget meeting, Sioux City Police chief doug young asked to add two additional positions to the departments traffic team. Council members will now have to decide if there is room in the budget for more officers to be on payroll. Officers are just getting pulled thinner and thinner and thinner, says sheehan. On wednesday, C...

Targeted . The usd greek system reacts to insults spray painted on a frat house. Hes such an inspiration to the entrepenuers, back home again. Billionaire and sioux city native ted waitt shares advice with entrepeneurs looking to follow his lead. Tim good evening and thank you for joining us tonight im tim seaman jenna and im jenna rehnstrom. Former Iowa Governor chet culver says hes giving a voice to the voiceless by advocating on behalf of iowans states new medicaid plan. Tim meeting today to ...

Lukas the attorney for an emmet county teen accused of shooting another teen this past summer has decided not to seek a change of veunue the attorney for Lee Christensen filed a notice with the court that he does not seek to move the teens murder trial out of emmet county at this time, but may do so if he feels that he cannot find an impartial jury. Christensen is accused of killing 19yearold Thomas Bortvit in june of 2015. Lukas authorities in sac county are searching for a man wanted for attmp...

From northwest to southeast. Be on the lookout for some slick spots. Temperatures are currently in the low to mid 30s. We have a strengthening wind from the northwest at 10 to 20 Miles Per Hour and gusts are likely to push over 30 for a time. The dayplanner reveals temperatures holding in the lower southeast. Be on the lookout for some slick spots. Temperatures are currently in the low to mid 30s. We have a strengthening wind from the northwest at 10 to 20 miles per of snow, ice and heavy rain i...

Coming up this morning on abc9 news. Iowa lawmakers are debating a speed increase on state highways. Details are up ahead concerns rise over the upcoming changes to iowas medicaid program. Well head to the state house later this morning. Plus. Hundreds of siouxland women came together for a special conference. Including our own Jenna Rehnstrom these stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Lukas good morning and thanks for joining us this wednesday morning. Im lukas voss. Lawmakers in des mo...

Jenna and im jenna rehnstrom. Iowa is trying to keep up with neighboring states. But when it comes to how fast you can go on the roads. Not everyone agrees that we should be pushing the limit. Tim lawmakers in des moinin are cocoidering bumping up speeds on state highghys. Abc9s jess pluehas more on the pros and cons. Jess that right. A bill has been sent to lawmakers proposing an increse in road speeds. More specifically, an increase from 55mph to 65mph on two lane highways throughout iowa. But...

2025 plan will close 40 of the 108 parishes in the diocese, and transition them to oratory status. That means those churches will no longer hold sunday or vigil mass. The moves will be made for three reasons an aging caththic population, fafaing mass attendance, and a projection that the diocese will have just 31full time priests by 2025. Father william vit says its a difficult balance. People who are at those more rural and small parishes really really appreciate the local church and whats avai...

As the votes continued to come in john kasich was projected to take second place. While ted cruz, marco rubio, and jeb bush were locked in a fight for third place. House democrats in washington wednesday on the ongoing water crisis in flint. Separately, michigans governor will ask the state for nearly 200Million Dollars to help solve flints water crisis. But hes not ready to commit to replacement of all the pipes unlike mayor karen weaver. Meanwhile, there could be criminal charges coming. Kim h...

And continue the process of recovering. Employees remembered jon richter,r,he man who was killed the in the workplace shooting. They placed a memorial plaque in his honor at the entrance where the shooting took place. You could walk up and down the street, and i know people say this a lot when theres a tragedy, but i really mean this when i say this about jon; you could walk up and down t t street and you will not find a aerson in this commununy ththll have a bad thingngo say ababt that guy the ...

Were important in making up their minds. On the democratic sidenearly 75 percent of voters telling pollsters they are worried about the economy. And nearly 90 percent saying the economy favored the wealthy. Bernie Sanders d president ial candidate usually i like to talk nice quiet walks, apparently not today. But i thank you all for the company. The Clinton Campaign conceded this primary and said it is looking ahead to march. Hillary Clinton d democratic candidate thank you very much, i dont kno...