Hoping that not only can we maintain where they are at but elevate them to a higher level, ys reynolds. The Governors Office says about 25 percent of the states third graders arart reading at their grade levelel thisisrogram is to help ththe students who are struggling. What we want to encourage them to do is enter their child into the Summer Reading program so we can get them to the level they need to be so we arent passing them on unprepared and setting them up for failure and its about making sure our kids our successful and they can compete, says reynolds. Several School Districts in siouxland have signed up for the program, including sioux city. A former Storm Lake City Council member announced she will run for a seat in the iowa legislature. Sarah huddleston served three terms as a Council Member in storm lake. She was appointed by governor tom vilsack as a commissioner for the Latino Affairs commission under the department of human district 11, which includes buena vista and sac
Governor is hitting a major milestone in hiscareer. The longest today. Total, hes served for 20 years, 11 previous record governor george became that vice preside. Coming up later in the show we will have live coverage before moines. Drop offs. To walk using drop box natpop customer talking at counter. Monday. Customers post office had to come bearing extra their gifts. Doesnt make any beacom because theyre not sasaivar. Its the busiest day of the year for the United States postal service. When we open at 7 30 a. M. Theres a line when we start thth day and theres a line when we end the day and it pretty much hasnt really stopped since thanksgiving said marcus schutlze, officer in charge sioux city post office. A walk through a Security Check point. And the holiday hustre becomes even more evident. Everything looks to be on track. Were getting anywheze between 5 and 7 thousand packages a day. In in the morning, and out at the end of the day, said schultze. Between 5 to 7 thousand packag
One of those please come in and pick it up, marcu schultze officer in charge, sioux city post office. If your Holiday Gifts arent in the mail yet. You still have time. You have until tomorrow for standard post service. After that youll be paying extra for a delivery before christmas. Deborah you have until december 19th. For first class mail service. The 21st. For Priority Mail. And hard core procrastinators can hold out until the 23rd. For Priority Mail express. But keep in mind. Those services will cost you extra. Reporting live in studio Deborah Souverain abc 9 news. Jenna with christmas on the horizon, drones are one hot ticket item being gifted by hundreds of thousands across the country. Today, the faa announced new regulations when it comes to the remote controlled aircrafts. Starting december 21st, the federal Aviation Administration will require drone owners to register a name, physical adress and an email address with the agency. At least 9 ounces. Registration will cost five
Traveling this morning. Temperatures are currently in the 30s through most of the area. The wind is pretty light from the east near 10 miles per hour. A winter storm is going to miss to the west and the satellite and radar picture is currently pretty quiet. Heres the dayplanner where were headed for a high. Stray animals. On the other hand. Often dont have that luxery. And thats why a usd student is setting up shelters for stray cats in vermillion. Abc9 News Reporter lukas voss tells us more. Nats interview start sot its very inexpensive. Everybody can make it. . Yeah it probably took me seven minutes tops. Vo the construction . A simple cat shelter to provide warmth and safety for stray cats during the winter. Usd student Allaina Howard has made it her mission to help the so called verm cats of vermillion, south dakota. All through a simple picture. Sot i was looking on pintrest just cat related things and i saw this cat shelter picture and i thought it was interesting, so i clicked o
Taxi at 2770000 for more information 3 3 its 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 banks Backpack Program. Staff at Woodhouse Chrysler in sioux city raised money all month prior to this mornings donation. 3 its 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 woodhouses 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 Colleges Office of tribal outreach held a powwow at west high in sioux city this afternoon. In addition to