SIOUX CITY HOMICIDE INVESTIGATED

SIOUX CITY—SIOUX CITY POLICE HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE TUESDAY AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS A HOMICIDE THAT OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE DAY AT 815 8TH STREET.

SIOUX CITY POLICE OFFICER JEREMY MCCLURE SAYS THEY HAVE RECOVERED A WEAPON AND THERE IS A SUSPECT IN CUSTODY.

MORE DETAILS ON THE HOMICIDE WILL BE RELEASED WEDNESDAY AFTER THE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED IS NOTIFIED.

THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

WORKING MAN KILLED AT DAKOTA DUNES JOB SITE

DAKOTA DUNES—Authorities say a Sioux Falls man is dead after an embankment caved in on him while he was working at a construction site in southeastern South Dakota. Union County Sheriff Dan Limoges says the 27-year-old was unloading wall forms into the ground for a basement with other workers at about 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Dakota Dunes site. That was when portions of the embankment gave way. The man was buried in sand and dirt and it took about four minutes to get him out. Limoges says he was unresponsive. Efforts were made to try to resuscitate him and he was rushed by ambulance to a local hospital, but was later pronounced dead. Authorities haven’t released the man’s name and were working to notify family first.

NORFOLK WOMAN MISSING FOR MONTHS FOUND DEAD

PIERCE, NEB—Authorities say a human body found by deer hunters in northeast Nebraska over the weekend is that of a missing Norfolk woman. A news release from Pierce County Attorney Verlyn Luebbe says an autopsy conducted Monday confirmed the body was that of 19-year-old Lacey Anderson. Her body was found late Saturday morning. Anderson was reported missing this summer. Law enforcement officials continue to investigate.

ICON AG SOLUTIONS BURGLARIZED SATURDAY

SIOUX CITY—TWO COUNCIL BLUFFS MEN WERE ARRESTED THIS WEEKEND FOR BURGLARY IN WOODBURY COUNTY.

DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO AN ALARM CALL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AT ICON AG SOLUTIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 20.

UPON ARRIVAL, DEPUTIES SUPRISED 28 YEAR OLD JEFFREY ALLEN HAINES AND 49 YEAR OLD DENNIS LEE LOCKARD, WHO WERE IN THE ACT OF BURGLARIZING THE BUSINESS.

ONE OF THE MEN WAS LOCATED IMMEDIATELY IN A VEHICLE AT THE REAR OF THE BUSINESS WHILE THE OTHER WAS LOCATED BY A K-9 UNIT AFTER A BRIEF SEARCH.

BOTH MEN WERE BOOKED INTO THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL AND CHARGED WITH 3RD DEGREE BURGLARY.

ALZHEIMER’S NUMBERS ON THE RISE IN SIOUXLAND

SIOUX CITY—NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL ALZHEIMER’S AWARENESS MONTH AND NUMBERS FROM THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH SHOW MORE RESIDENTS ARE FALLING VICTIM TO THE DISEASE.

ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION, BIG SIOUX CHAPTER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR EUKIE OKWUMUO (YOU-KEY OH-COO-MOE) SAYS THE NUMBERS ARE INCREASING AS PEOPLE LIVE LONGER.

SHE SAYS THE INCURABLE, DEGENERATIVE DISEASE NOW RANKS FIFTH AMONG THE CAUSES OF IOWA DEATHS.

SHE SAYS SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER’S CAN EASILY BE MISTAKEN FOR FORGETFULNESS.

SHE SAYS THE DISEASE IS HEREDITARY.

OVER 28-THOUSAND ALZHEIMER’S DEATHS WERE REPORTED TO THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH LAST YEAR, WHICH IS THE MOST SINCE 1974 WHEN NEARLY 39-THOUSAND IOWANS DIED.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 279-5802 OR LOG ONTO ALZ.ORG/SIOUXLAND

FATAL BOATING CRASH CASE IN SIOUX CITY COURT

SIOUX CITY—A Jackson, Nebraska man accused in a fatal boating accident wants Sioux City prosecutors to hand over evidence that could show Bruce Wright drowned because he was drunk. In a motion filed Thursday in Woodbury County District Court, Samuel Gomez’ attorneys asked a judge for access to Wright’s autopsy report. The 32-year-old Gomez, has pleaded not guilty to boating while intoxicated causing death and boating while intoxicated causing serious injury. Authorities say Gomez was driving a boat on the Missouri River just north of Salix on June 27 when he suddenly slowed, throwing his two passengers into the water. One of the men, 31-year-old Bruce Wright of South Sioux City, Neb., disappeared. His body was found two days later about 11 miles downstream.

FLIGHT 232 PILOT HONORED

SIOUX CITY—THE UNITED AIRLINES PILOT WHO BROUGHT IN FLIGHT 2-32 TO SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT TWENTY YEARS AGO RECEIVED A LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD IN WASHINGTON, D.C. LAST NIGHT.

LOCAL AIPORT MANAGER CURT MILLER ATTENDED THE CEREOMONY.

HAYNES BECOMES THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE JOSPEH T. NALL AWARD, RECOGNIZING PEOPLE WHO HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO AVIATION AND TRASNPORTION SAFETY. IRONICALLY NALL WAS A MEMBER OF THE N.T.S.B. WHO INVESTIGATED THE CRASH OF FLIGHT 2-32 AND LATER DIED ON A FLIGHT BOUND FOR VENEZUELA.

MORE H1N1 VACCINE AVAILABLE IN SIOUX CITY

SIOUX CITY—THE SIOUXLAND DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECEIVED THEIR LARGEST SHIPMENT OF H1N1 VACCINE THURSDAY.

CHUCK CIPPERLEY SAYS THE 25-HUNDRED DOSES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO BISHOP HEELAN STUDENTS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE HIGH PRIORITY GROUPS.

HE SAYS WOODBURY COUNTY HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 13-THOUSAND DOSES, WHICH IS WELL BELOW THE NEEDED AMOUNT.

CIPPERLEY SAYS VACCINES ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED TO AREA PHYSICIANS.

H1N1 VACCINES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO BISHOP HEELAN STUDENTS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH AND TO HIGH PRIORITY RESIDENTS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST AT WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SIOUXLAND SOLDIERS HONORED ON VETERANS DAY

SIOUXLANDERS SUPPORT OUR VETS

SIOUX CITY—SIOUXLAND VETERANS WERE HONORED AND THANKED FOR THEIR SERVICE WEDNESDAY AT THE WOODBURY COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN SIOUX CITY.

VIETNAM VETERAN RALPH SWAIN SPOKE DURING THE VETERAN’S DAY CEREMONY.

VETERAN RALPH SWAIN

HE SPOKE ABOUT THE FORT HOOD SHOOTING, WHICH RECENTLY RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF 13 SOLDIERS AND THE INJURY 29 OTHERS.

A MOMENT OF SILENCE WAS HELD FOR THOSE SOLDIERS.

SWAIN RECOGNIZED SOLDIERS FROM EVERY BATTLE.

SWAIN SAYS THE VETERANS DESERVE MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITES AND EMPLOYMENT.

KSCJ WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED AND THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO PROTECT THIS GREAT NATION.

COLOR GUARD

FARMER INJURED IN FIELD NORTH OF LEMARS

SIOUXLAND—WITH HARVEST WELL UNDERWAY, FARMING ACCIDENTS ARE ON THE INCREASE AND A GRANVILLE, IOWA MAN IS THE LATEST FARMER INJURED.

THE PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL TUESDAY FROM 52 YEAR OLD RANDALL RAY CHRISTOFFEL, WHO SAID HE HAD INJURED HIS HAND IN A COMBINE ACCIDENT AND NEEDED HELP.

HE GAVE HIS LOCATION AS WEST OF MAHOGANY AVENUE JUST NORTH OF THE LEMARS CITY LIMITS NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

OFFICERS LOCATED CHRISTOFFEL, WHO HAD SEVERELY INJURED RIGHT HAND, BETWEEN A COMBINE AND SEMI TRAILER.

HE WAS ABLE TO STATE THAT HE WAS WORKING ALONE AND WAS OFF LOADING GRAIN FROM THE COMBINE INTO THE SEMI.

THE TRANSFER AUGER HAD BECOME PLUGGED AND AS HE ATTEMPTED TO SEE WHERE THE PROBLEM WAS, HE MOVED HIS RIGHT HAND BACK TOWARD THE COMBINE AND IT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN A LARGE DRIVE PULLEY AND DRIVE BELT.

HE WAS LIFE-FLIGHTED TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN SIOUX CITY AND LATER TRANSFERRED TO LAKESIDE HOSPITAL IN OMAHA, WHERE HE IS LISTED IN STABLE CONDITION.