THE SIOUX CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A NEARLY 479-THOUSAND DOLLAR SETTLEMENT TO A MAN WHO WAS SEVERELY INJURED IN A SLEDDING ACCIDENT AT SERTOMA PARK. 

DAVID ROSALEZ SUSTAINED A SPINAL CORD INJURY IN JANUARY 2008 WHEN HE SLID BACKWARDS INTO A PARKING SIGN.

THE 38 YEAR OLD ROSALEZ AND HIS FAMILY FILED A LAWSUIT FOR NEARLY TW0-POINT-SEVEN-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AGAINST THE CITY IN JANUARY OF 2010.

HIS ATTORNEY, ROBERT TIEFENTHALER, TOLD COUNCIL MEMBERS THE SERTOMA PARK HILL STILL ISN'T SAFE FOR SLEDDING:

MAYOR BOB SCOTT SAYS THERE'S NO PERFECT SOLUTION TO ENSURE EVERYONE'S SAFETY, AND QUESTIONED IF SLEDDING SHOULD BE ALLOWED IN CITY PARKS:

COUNCILMAN TOM PADGETT TOLD TIEFENTHALER THE CITY ALSO CAN'T STOP PEOPLE FROM SLEDDING IN AREAS THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AT:

THE CITY'S INSURANCE CARRIER WILL PAY NEARLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS TO ROSALEZ. A THIRD PARTY WILL PAY 300-THOUSAND.

THE CITY HAS FILED THIRD PARTY PETITIONS AGAINST AQUA-LEISURE INDUSTRIES WHICH MANUFACTURED THE SNOW TUBE ROSALEZ WAS SLEDDING ON AND AGAINST WAL-MART, WHICH SOLD THE TUBE

A LONGTIME, WELL KNOWN MEMBER OF THE SIOUXLAND NEWS MEDIA HAS PASSED AWAY.  HENRY TRYSLA DIED SUNDAY AT AGE 81.

TRYSLA BECAME EDITOR OF THE SOUTH SIOUX CITY STAR NEWSPAPER IN 1952. HE SPENT OVER 50 YEARS COVERING EVENTS IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
  

FORMER NEBRASKA SECRETARY OF STATE ALAN BEERMAN WAS TRYSLA'S FRIEND FOR 65 YEARS:  

MIKE WILMES WAS A FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR OF TRYSLA:

TRYSLA ALSO REPORTED SOUTH SIOUX CITY NEWS ON LOCAL RADIO STATIONS FOR MANY YEARS, DOING A PHONE IN REPORT EACH WEEKDAY DURING THE NOON HOUR.

TRYSLA ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH SIOUX CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WAS INVOLVED IN SEVERAL OTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.

SIOUXLANDERS ARE READY TO GET IN SHAPE AS TODAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE LIVE HEALTHY IOWA 100 DAY WELLNESS CHALLENGE.

THE EFFORT BRINGS TOGETHER FRIENDS, FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES IN TEAM-BASED CHALLENGES DESIGNED TO PROMOTE POSITIVE LIFESTYLE CHANGES.

THE INITIATIVE IS PART OF GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD'S HOPE OF IOWA BECOMING THE HEALTHIEST STATE IN THE NATION.

THE SUSPECT WANTED FOR QUESTIONING IN THE DEATH OF A FORMER SIOUX CITY MAN HAS TURNED HIMSELF IN TO AUTHORITIES.

TUCSON POLICE SAY BRYAN LAMAR LEE SURRENDERED SATURDAY NIGHT.

LEE WAS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF 21 YEAR OLD JORDAN ALEXANDER PETERSON. PETERSON'S BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN A DESERT AREA NEAR TUCSON ON JANUARY 13TH.

SGT. MATT RONSTADT OF THE TUCSON POLICE SAYS LEE WAS AWARE THAT AUTHORITIES WERE LOOKINJG FOR HIM, AND TURNED HIMSELF IN AT THE HOUSTON, TEXAS POLICE DEAPRTMENT.

RONSTADT SAYS LEE IS AWAITING EXTRADITION TO ARIZONA.

INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY BELIEVE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE CASE WHO HAVE YET TO COME FORWARD.

 PETERSON WAS LIVING IN ARIZONA AND WAS LAST HEARD FROM ON NOVEMBER 16TH. POLICE FOUND HIS TRUCK, KEYS AND CELLPHONE TWO DAYS LATER IN TUCSON.