tv Siouxland News at 9 on FOX 44 FOX February 8, 2016 9:00pm-9:30pm CST
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"this is siouxland news at nine on fox 44." 3 3 it opened last fall. the first park in siouxland dedicated for people with special needs.and now the folks behind the miracle league baseball field in riverside park plan to expand. 3 first on fox. 3 the board's president went tonight to lay out that idea... and ask for help. 3 siouxland news reporter nick popham was there... nick, what do they hope to add to the park? 3 3 larry, diana... kevin negaard says he wants to add more facilities that can be used by people with disabilities.a siouxland nonprofit organization is moving on to the next step of their project.negaard said the non- profit group raised more than a million dollars to build its baseball field in riverside park last year... and now he's looking to raise money for phase 2 of the project.that includes building a baseball
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to the existing babafield and playground.that project is expected to cost nearly 200- thousand dollars... but negaard says it'll make the space even better than it already is. 3 "when we see how phase one came together and how the community and the city really came together to support it and what its offered for kids with disabilities and their families, now, you can't be more excited about what phase two will do because, again, it'll just create more integration and add another really nice piece out to the complex."the city supported the miracle league's first phase with a 330-thousand dodoar donation.negaard hopes the council can donate 50- thousand dollars to the project every other year moving forward.negaard hopes to have the splash pad done by june so they can begin preparations of adding a mini golf course that's accessible for people in wheel chairs, guys? 3 we're learning more about the struggle for a gun that led to the shooting of a sioux city police officer and a man
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yesterday.chief doug young g says officers wewe called to the valley park apartments near leif erikson park to investigate a robbery complaint. they smelled marijuana and that led them to an apartment where they found eight people and firearms. the 8 were all handcuffed. young says while waiting for more officers to take the suspects to jail... 18 year old isaiah mothershed was allowed to sit on a couch while still handcuffed behind his back. the chief says mothershed pulled a 40 caliber handgun from inside the couch and shot officer ryan moritz (more-its") on the inner thigh of his left le 3 "officer moritz then lunged towards mothershed to secure the weapon and other round was fired off at that time. that round struck mothershed in his own thigh causing some damage to his leg." 3 police are charging mothershed with 2 counts of attempted murder... and 5 counts of first degree robbery. they
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decembmb 7th home invasion south alice street w wre a 19 yeararld man n th spspial neededwas assaued. and last july mothershed was also charged with two counts of kidnapping... but those charges were later dropped. 3 "obviously it's very disturbing to the department and officers that work here. we work hard to put criminals like this in jail. i don't know what the circumstances were that caused the county attorney to dismiss the charges, but i think it's very evident with the information that we had, what he's capable of doing.""officer moritz... seen here in 2014... is at home recovering from his injuries, but could return to work as soon as the end of this week. mothershed is still being treated in the hospital. 3 along with mothershed... six other people are facing charges as well.20- year- old robert seaberry... 19- year- old justin ferguson... and 18- year- old jordyn delfs. seaberry is charged with 3 counts of first degree robbery. ferguson...2 counts of first degree robbery. and
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runaway.17- yeye- old macayla knight...16- year- old austin (bella-zak) bulizak...and 16- year- old jamaal ferguson are also facing charges. knight is charged with 1st degree robbery. bulizak (bella-zak) is charged with four counts of first degree robbery. and ferguson is charged with one count of first degree burglary. 3 winter weather advisories issued through midnight for lolovisibility and strong windin eastern siouxland. breezy conditions continue through the morning in all of siouxland with temperatures in the teens. temperatures will stay in the low 20s tomorrow with partly sunny skies. the week aheais looking fairly chilly as s
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3 sioux city's school board is taking steps to modernize its school bus fleet... *and* cut down on the amount of diesel fuel used by the district.the board tonight debated buying three new buses for the district's fleet.the catch: these new buses would be fueled by *propane*.one possible hangup would be the need to install a propane tank at the district's transportation hub to fuel the new buses... which when combined with the cost of the buses themselves could push the total cost of the project to more than half a million dollars. 3 3 is your car still stuck in the street by snow left from the blizzard? you'd better move it *now*... or face a hefty bill. 3 this morning sioux city started towing vehicles that were tagged. the city wants those vehicles out of the way so they can finished plowing the streets. here's the fines you'll face for not moving: each car gets a 30 dollar parking ticket. that's on top of the 150 dollar tow fee. plus... you'll have to pay 38 dollars to get it releleed fromomlice impound. that
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218 dollars. 3 3 today's wind temporarily delayed efforts to re-inflate the charger dome in south sioux city.the dome... which is owned by briar cliff university... wasdeflated* last week after a rip was found in the fabric following the big blizzard. this morning... a repair expert was in town to assess the damage. the university hopes to get the dome back as soon as possible.... possibly by the end of thihiweek. 3 sioux city firefighters puts themselves in harms way everyday. 3 our siouxland news reporter kayla novak takes you behind the scenes to show you how the firefighters spend their days inside the fire house. 3 a fire house is a simple building to most.... but a home to those who put themselves in harm's way. "it's your second home. we are here every third day we spend the entire time, so a third of our life is with this family." and d th the family atmosphere.. obviously there
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who does the real work."that's an age old question to every fire department is engine versus truck. // i like being on the truck cause they get to go to every fire but as soon as i'm on the engine then i will jump ship and have the rivalry against the truck." jokes aside... days are filled with trainings and inspections. it starts at 8am for breakfast and a meetetg... then its straight to work....every emergency vehicle dodo, compartment anan crevice e checked for the right equipment, if its working and on the right settings.... then of course it's logged. "every job comes with paperwork, the time that it is the worst is at 2 or 3 in the morning when you just want to crawl back in bed. but you have to do the report " mondays are saved for extra checks that save their lives... air tanks are checked for this (sot bell) goes off at the right air pressure level... and the pass devices to activate (beeps) if its stationary o othe air tank is low.. each year.. masks require a fit test... to make sure it continues to keep the bad air out... fire suits are looked over each shift and if
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go in for a wash, a fix or a replacement.. the station is also swept and hosed down... but if they hear a beep.... and a call... they drop everything and head out to help someone in need... as soon as they are back..they pick up where they left off... on the first of the month... all emergency vehicles are also taken out the garage to make se they are running properly.... ladders are pulled out and manuvered... all pumps are inspected and they even clean under the hood...after all the house work, its time for some specialty training.. "we do a lot of classes and a lot of training. some of it is computer based for some knowledge, also a lot of hands on, today we are going to be doing some rope resuce and working on our extracatatn skills and things like that...if you don't get to use e them all the time you will lose them so we are always training with them. so we are ready for any situation." breaks are only saved for a bite to eat... working out... and some times even sleep....but when this sounds... (sot of alarm) .....
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lives. in sioux city...kayla novak... siouxland news. 3 coming up after the break... it's a banner day for siouxland's most wanted.wel let you know which *five* fugitives are back off the street... plus... 3 jarrett says: "the best city to spoil your sweetheart this valentine's day. you'll love this one. i'm gregg jarrett with the fox business network. more coming up." 3 "siouxland news at nine on fox 44, with larry wentz, diana castillo and siouxland's chief
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increase in our capture count to share with you, with *five* fugitives back behind bars... including a man who has been on the run since *1999*.francisco cuevas was featured in january of 2010 on "most wanted." he was wanted for failing to appear for his trial on meth delivery charges back in 1999.. . turneded himself f in to marshals ininan diegegfriday. his surrender most wanted began.gumaro cuevas- avalas was featured in october of 2011 on "most wanted." he was wanted for conspiracy to deliver meth. he also turned himself in to marshals in san diego on friday. his surrender makes him capture #425 since most wanted began.traci fournier was featured last november.r.she was wanted for escaping from a residential treatment facility while serving a sentence for possession of meth. she was arrested tuesday by sioux city
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began.waylon blackbird was featured last month on "most wanted" he was wanted by the marshals for violating his supervised release on an assault charge. he was arrested saturday by members of the northwest iowa fugitive task force and sioux city police. he's capture #427 since most wanted began.finally tonight... jaleel williams was featur in junof 2014 on "st wanted" he was wanted by the woodbury county sheriff's office for 2nd degree robbery, theft and assault charges. he was arrested in atlanta, georgia by members of the marshals' southeast fugitive task force after an anonymous tip. he was previously capture #214... so his arrest does not increase our capture count.now... on to new business! inessa lyons is wanted by the marshals for escape from a federal re-entry center. she was serving a sentence for voluntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly weapon.lyons is 24 years old,
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3 and weighs 150 pounds. she has ties to the macy, nebraska area. if you have *any* information about inessa lyons... please call the u- s marshal service in sioux city at (712) 252-0211... or send marshals an e-mail at "siouxlands dot most wanted at u- s- d- o- j dot gov".you can also use the marshals' text a tip program. to text a tip, text the keyword "t- e- n (all in uppercase) 9- 9" and your tip to tip411 (847- 411). the information you prpride remains confidenenal and d uld put this fugitive behind bars. 3 3 3 we're taking a live look over arnold's park tonight on our great lakes countertops and kitchens sky watch camera.... 3 as you can see... conditions in northwest iowa have improved. but the central and northcentral part of the state are still a mess. meteorologist kayla novak has
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3 "first alert weather with meteorologist t yla novak." 3 3 3 3 larry, diana and kayla talk about today's weather and the upcoming forecast.3 3 winter weather advisories issued through midnight for low visibility and strong winds in eastern siouxland. breezy coitions continue through the morning in all of siouxland with temperatures in the teens. temperatures will stay in the low 20s tomorrow with partly sunny skies. the week ahead is looking fairly chilly as temperatures stay in the 20s, with a chance of flurries on dnesday and thururay night. 3 it's no secret that it takes a
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it takes a it's no secret 3 it's no o cret that it takes a lot of moolah to run for president... but just how much? greg jarrett tells us how much candidates are worth business.." 3 stocks rocking...again.the dow plunging more than 400 points before clawing back late in the trading day.but all the major markets still ending down more than one percenenon
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global recession. inthe meantime - we now know how much all the presidential candidates are worth?a new report saying the average candidate running for the white house has nearly 230- million dollars in total assets....donald trump as you probably can guess tops the listwith bernie sanders at the very bottom.and if you google... "big pay day for a ceo"...google's chief executivivwill likely pop up....because the company is awarding its leader...soondar pih-chie... close to 200 million bucks in stock.but he needs to stay with google for at least three years to collect it all.i'd stay for that.and if you're planning to celebrate valentine's day... listen to this..with americans planning to dish out an average of 147 smackers on their sweethearts...san francisco just getting named the number one place to spend it.the survey lookininat things like the number of valentine activities in the area, along with the cost and weather.that's a look at business. i'm gregg jarrett. 3 3 modern medicine has several ways to treat an abnormal heart rhythm.
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3 3 folks suffering from abnormal heart rhythms have several options to correct their problem.siouxland news reporter kayla novak shows us one of those choices. 3 cardiovascular disease is america's number one cause of death. if you are experieieing fatigue, light headedness or shortness of breath, y y should talk to your doctor as soon as possible, as these are signs of adnormal heart rhythms. "we bring in we do the diagnostic electrophysiol ogy studies we pin point the rhythm adnormalities and at the same time we start doing the ablilations." cardiac ablations are scars created by electrical pulsesesn the prprlem areas of the heart. "most of tm they can be cured with theter ablations. after we find out exactly what the cause of that abnormally
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is quick. "we keep them overnight. the reason is because people are very anxious, they are aprehensive and sometimes the family members just want to make sure, ininase there are any problems at me it will be hard for them to the emergencz room and from our prespective we just want to make sure there is not any bleeding in the pocket." after patients leave the hospital they might feel weak for a couple days but after that they are able to resume normal activity. kayla novak siouxland news. 3 kayla's got a 3 final check of the forecast... and we've got details on a great prize pack... after the
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