flames, atathe two-story apartment.officials say the deputy helped the two occupants of the apartment buildingboth occupants jumped from the second floor window, trying to escape the flames. i saw a couple of the residents that had jumped out of the second floor. they were loaded and sent off to mercy medical center as soon as our ambulance arrived on scene. the woodbury county sheriff s office, sloan, hornick, salix, sergeant bluff, whiting and moville fire departments, as well as woodbury county emergency services and emergency services were all on scene.and across the street, the evangelical covenant church opened its door, teaming up with the american red cross, providing food and shelter to the community, and firefighters as well. have the church ready for people to come in, go get blankets, go whatever clothes we cocod and have folks come in. 3 the american red cross d members at covenant church have been helping the tenants throughout the afternoon. they re also team
after sioux falls police investigators answered an online ad and met the two women at a hotel.lee is believed to have driven the women to sioux falls from sioux city.the arrests are part of the sioux falls police department s campaign against human trafficking. and officers often use online ads for prostitution as a way to try and find women being trafficked for sex. 3 burned breakfast is to blamam for some terryfing moments in sloan this morning. as two people had to jump from their apartment complex window to escape a fire.our jetske wauran reports on what s being done to help those affected by this morning s fire.. 3 15 people are without a home after that fire broke out at the prairie apaptments right behindndand the sloan fire chief tells, the cause of the fire: unattended cooking materials.(richard moore, pastor at evangelical covenant church): we saw flames coming out of the second story apartments. firefighters battled the blaze that broke out at this apartment tuesd
building was destroyed in the fire. which was caused by unattended cooking materials. the red cross is helping the families who lost their homes in the blaze. 3 a storm lake iowa woman is facing charges of stealing from her employer.police arrested 30- year- old rachel wunder on a charge of 2nd degree theft.the arrest comes after a three- week long investigation of claims by her former employer that wunder made unauthorized purchases, account withdrawals and cash withholdings totaling more than 33- hundred dollars while working there.wunder was booked into the buena vista county jail on a 5- thousand dollar bond. 3 23 hours after florida senator marco rubio visited sioux city. we re being visited by another g- o- p contender.we are taking a live look at a house in morningside where former pennsylvania senator rick santorum is speaking/getting ready to speak/expected to show up any minute now.this is the second campaign event in publican presidential candidate.he had a lunch
on south alice street in morningside earlier this month. brutally beating a 19- year- old man with special needs and stealing tvs, game consoles and a cell phone. cummings trial date has not yet been set. 3 3 former pennsylvania senator and republican presidential candidate rick santorum brought his campaign back@to sioux city this evening.the winner of the 2012 iowa caucuses is hoping to pull off another upset victory come february.tonight. he appeared at the morningside home of the rev. cary gordon. pastor at cornerstone world outreach church.santorum says his campaiai is all-ininn iowa. we re gonna put an extra full-court press. i m going out, meeting with groups of iowans, and reminding them their job is not to follow the national polls, their job is to analyze the candidates and lead. don t settle for who the establishment or the money people say that you should vote for, but vote for the person who you believe should be the candidate that should and should be the next
pick them up. attorney ed keane s safe ride program offers rides to those who shouldn t drive home.tonight between 7 p- m and 3 a- m. 3 siouxland taxi will take you within a 15 mile radius of sioux city s downtown to your home.the rides are free of charge, courtesy of keane.you can call siouxland taxi at 277-0000 for more information 3 3 it s been a great end to 2015 for the food bank of siouxland. 3 earlier this week. the agency received a donation of 10- thousand dollars from the union pacific railroad.today. the woodhouse auto family donated 78- thousand dollars to support the food bank s backpack program.staff at woodhouse chrysler in sioux city raised money all month prior to this morning s donation. 3 it s an awesome feeling to be able to give back, you know we all do well here and be able to give some of that back to foodbank program is just awesome. this is the third year for woodhouse s backpack challenge.the backpack program serves 16- hundred students at 6 area
taxi at 277-0000 for more information 3 3 it s been a great end to 2015 for the food bank of siouxland. 3 earlier this week. the agency received a donation of 10- thousand dollars from the union pacific railroad.today. the woodhouse auto family donanad 78- thousand dollars to support the food bank s backpack program.staff at woodhouse chrysler in sioux city raised money all month prior to this morning s donation. 3 it s an awesome feeling to be able to give back, you know we all do well here and be able to give some of that back to this community through the foodbank program is just awesome. this is the third year for woodhouse s backpack challenge.the backpack program serves 16- hundred students at 6 area schools each week.each sack of food given out costs 4 dollars to make. and provides kids with food to eat at home during the weekend. 3 for its members.the nebraska indian community college s office of tribal outreach held a pow-wow at west high in sioux city this afternoo
nebraska.as of midnight. the minimum wage in the cornhusker state is now 9 dollars per hour.that increase the second stage of a two- stage increase approved by voters in 2014.the first stage took effect last january 1st, raising the minimum wage to 8 dollars per hour.nebraska one of 12 states where a minimum wage raise took effect this morning.the change now means nebraska has the highest minimum wage in the tri- state area. 3 3 chad, a nice, sunny start to the new year. almost enough to let you forget how cold it is still. 3 will stay cool through the 3 weekend. temperatures mostly in the 20s and 30s for highs with nights.temperatures will remain in the 20s and 30s for most of next week with increasing clouds as the week goes on.right now it looks like we first snow of 2016 thursday night into friday. 3 3 we re a mere month away now from iowa s first- in- the- nation presidential caucuses. conventional wisdom would suggest it s not the best time to make big changes to campa
y.sioux city police and the woodbury county sheriff s office report no fatal accidents last night.they say it will take a couple days before we know how many d- u- i or o- w- i arrests were made.. 3 3 that good behavior on new year s eve continuing today. as siouxland kids and their parents got a jumpstart on any resolutions to be healthier.the norm waitt senior y- m- c- a in south sioux city opened up this morning for its annual day of play the event gives people a chance to try out the y and the options it has to help people get or stay fit. 3 the norm waitt senior ymca always provides everybody throughout the community no matter if their suffering from parkinson s, diabetes or their overcoming cancer, or its kid s learning sports for a first time. just a great network for support and a community of friends where we can get active, workout, exercise, have fun. this year s event ran from 10 this morning until 3 this afternoon. 3 a bad start to the new year for a family
president s plan includes closing the so-called gun show lop high school loophole. and the topic is becoming a major focus to candidates vying for the white house. democratic front-runner hillary clinton is praising president obama for executive actions he intends to unveil this week that would strengthen background checks on gun purchases. if congress won t act, we have to do something about the fact 33,000 people a year die from guns. reporter: bernie sanders, who is trailing clinton in the polls, also backed the president s moves. on sunday, the vermont senator criticized republicans for failing to work with democrats on the issue. i would prefer that we could have bipartisan support but the truth is republicans are not interested in doing anything about gun safety. reporter: republican presidential contenders are already threatening to undo any of the president s actions. donald trump led the charge during an appearance on cbs face the nation. i don t like
again.bob scott was re-elected in november after running un-opposed for a second four- year term. he renewed his oath of office this morning at city hall. along with second term council member rhonda capron. mayor scott says he has big plans for the city during the next four years. 3 continue the trails. i want to continue taking a look at the whole river front and seeing what we can do there. i think that is wha will attract business to thths comunity. obviously y whole career haha been working on economic develpoment and i m going to continue doing that. that work began this afternoon. when the council gathered for their first meeting of the year. 3 at that meeting. the council deciding the future of the city s five swimming pools and a new, four million dollar park.the council will consider osing leeds and cook pools after the 2016 season and replace them with splash pads in 2017. leif erikson pool would remain open until it can no longer hold water. then it would be repl