Hihiway and transit spending federal help will be available for while doesnt include quite as last as long as many lawmakers and the esident jenna it is hailed as a victory that will stop the cycle of last minute short has kept the federal Highway Trust Fund on the edge for the past 8 years. Tim the 13hundred page bill was approved 359 to 65 to 16 in the senate the bill now goes to the white house for the president to sign. Tim back on cam so how will all that money impact siouxland . Our own lukas voss has more. Lukas thanks tim and jenna. It is indeed. What one senator called a mammoth task. The bill includes passages on nearly every aspect of americas infrastructure. Public transportation. Improvement of information flow. And funding to fix an aging interstate system. The latter being especially important to sioux city th parts of i29 nearing nats constructiti its a b by time on i. And its not just the commuter the downtown corridor expansion to three lanes is estimated to be comple
Nebraska today in order to represnt patients using medical cannabis oil. Jessica rae republican senator tommy garrrett of nebraskas 3rd district is travelling around the state to talk to people about his recent visit to minneta where he saw how patients treated with medical cannabis oil are benefitting from the substance. Garrett says he is impressed with there being no Law Enforcement incidents so far. Saying the program is a prime example of how nebraskas sick could benefit without infringing on nebraska laws. Senator garret will be in dakota city at 130 today at the Dakota County building to share what he learned from his recent trip. Jessica rae a recall stemming from an e. Coli scare now spans more than a dozen states and includes products sold at Major Grocery chains. Contaminated celery from californiabased farms was found to be the source the fda expanded the recall of Food Products on tuesday. Abcs david kerley gives us an update. The celery was produced by taylor farms in cal
Jessica rae scott and i will be rocking ugly christmas sweaters on the show this morning and every friday in december currently, but you can see it turning south and itll strengthen some as the day goes on at 10 to 15 miles per hour. We have some slightly reduced visibilities in central and northernsiouxland, so be aware that theres some freezing fog in place. The planner shows that well reach a high of 40. Jessica rae scott and i will be rocking ugly christmas sweaters on the show this morning and every friday in december its all in support of crossroads homeless shelter here in sioux city. 100 percent of the money raised through sweater sales goes directly to the shelter join us by helping the homeless this Holiday Season in the wake of shooting, gun control message for your prayers arent enough. Republican candidates ted rand paul, and jeb bush all tweeted prayers for those impacted. But gun control more. York daily news cover this morning read this. President obama also asked for p
Kim certainly not, stacey. Des Moines Police believe a medical episode may be the reason the truck slammed into this house in the 1700 block of lyon street friday morning. Christy its just a little bit too close for comfort, you know . People got kids, animals. Its scary. Kim neighbors like christy hayner were there as the male stretcher and taken to a metro hospital. The two caged dogs in the back of the truck . Miraculously unharmed. For janet towey, who lives across the street janet i dont even want to live here. You know, its too scary. Kim this story is becoming all too common. Janet i heard a big, loud crash, and that was it. Kim in may, a car came flying off the interstate into her backyard. Janet it knocked out fence out. It hit our tree, flipped around the backyard. I mean, if it had been daytime, my grandkids could have been dead. Branches, a reminder of that terrifying moment. Janet they have not been back there since then. I dont even let them go back there. Kim towey wants
Burn itself out so they can go through evidence at the scene. The community of spencer, iowa mourning the loss of a High School Wrestler who died over the weekend. Today, the clay county medical examiner says the preliminary investigation shows Austin Roberts died of natural causes. He was a senior at spencer high school. The case has been turned over to the state medical examiner. Austins father told nbc news that his son had never collapsed before and they dont understand what happened. One minute he was competing for the championship and was doing fine. The third period started and he just went down and never got back up. The high school was open yesterday for grief counseling. Roberts placed eighth at state tournament last year. He planned on wrestling and playing football at Iowa Central Community college in fort dodge. Well let you know when funeral arraignment have been set. Investigators have released the cause of a deadly fire in spencer, iowa over the weekend. Firefighters re