SCAM TARGETS ELDERLY

SIOUX CITY, IA—A WOODBURY COUNTY GRANDPARENT HAS BEEN CONNED OUT OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN A TELEPHONE SCAM.
STATE OFFICIALS SAY OLDER RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVING PHONE CALLS FROM PEOPLE CLAIMING TO BE THEIR GRANDCHILDREN AND PLEADING FOR FINANCIAL HELP.
IN SOME CASES CALLERS TELL THE VICTIM THAT THEY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT OR HAVE [...]

TRIAL SET

The trial for a Cedar Rapids landlord accused of mail fraud, perjury and filling a false tax return is scheduled to begin next week. Robert Miell is set to stand trial on Monday in Sioux City. He faces 18 counts of mail fraud, three counts of perjury and two counts of filing a false tax [...]

MPC IS GONE

THE SITE THAT ONCE HOUSED A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL COMPUTER MANUFACTURING PLANT IN NORTH SIOUX CITY IS NO MORE.  MPC CORPORATION FIRED THE LAST FIFTY REMAINING WORKERS AT THE SITE YESTERDAY.  MPC IS CURRENTLY LIQUIDATING ITS ASSESTS UNDER BANKRUPTCY.  AT ITS PEAK IN THE LATE NINETIES THE THEN GATEWAY COMPLEX HAD A WORKFORCE OF ABOUT SIX [...]

Spencer Fire

Police have arrested the owner of a Spencer home that caught fire on charges of arson. Brenda Heilstedt faces charges of first-degree arson.
Firefighters were called to a Spencer residence around noon on Sunday. Fire Chief Doug Duncan says flames were venting out of the east and south first floor windows and that siding on a [...]

Fifth DUI

A Columbus man who has been convicted four times of drunken driving has been arrested in Stanton County on suspicion of driving drunk. Stanton County Sheriff Mike Unger says 28-year-old Jason Milosich lost control of the pickup he was driving around 12:30 Sunday morning. Milosich’s truck ran about 100 yards off state Highway 57 just [...]

FIRE DESTROYS HORNICK RESTAURANT

DES MOINES, Iowa—A Christmas Eve fire destroyed a restaurant and main gathering spot in the tiny northwestern Iowa community of Hornick.
The Woodbury County Sheriff’s Office says officers were called about 8 a.m. Wednesday to a blaze at the Main Street Grill. Chief deputy Greg Logan says the restaurant is a total loss. Brenda Kuhlmann, who [...]

TWO KILLED, ONE CRITICAL AFTER CRASH

SIOUX CITY—THE NAMES OF THE THREE VICTIMS INVOLVED IN A FATAL EARLY MORNING CRASH ALONG I-29 IN SIOUX CITY HAVE BEEN RELEASED.
47 YEAR OLD JIMMY WARREN OF MCCOOK LAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA AND 49 YEAR OLD KIP JARMAN OF SIOUX CITY WERE KILLED IN THE ACCIDENT.
30 YEAR OLD JANEL SHERRILL OF SIOUX CITY IS LISTED IN [...]

TWO DEAD IN LOCAL CRASH; 1 CRITICAL

SIOUX CITY, Iowa—Sioux City police say two people are
dead and another is suffering from exposure after a pickup truck
slid off Interstate 29 and into an icy river.
Police were called about the accident shortly after 1 a.m. on
Tuesday.
Officials say the truck apparently lost control on Interstate 29
and ended up on a walking trail below and was [...]

LAWTON WOMAN PLEADS GUILTY TO CHILD NEGLECT

SIOUX CITY, Iowa—A northwest Iowa woman accused of
locking two children in a room for hours without food or water has
pleaded guilty to two counts of child endangerment.
Kimberly Jolley, of Lawton, was originally charged with two
counts of neglect of a dependent person. She pleaded guilty to the
lesser charges and a parole violation on Monday. Jolley faces [...]

1 DEAD 1 IN CUSTODY FOR HOMICIDE

SIOUX CITY—A CASE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HAS TAKEN THE LIFE OF A SIOUX CITY WOMAN.
44 YEAR-OLD SUE SOHLER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD SHORTLY AFTER SIX THIS MORNING SUFFERING FROM MULTIPLE STAB WOUNDS TO THE UPPER TORSO. SOLAR’S 49 YEAR-OLD HUSBAND TIM IS BEING HELD IN THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL ON FIRST DEGREE MURDER CHARGES.
SIOUX CITY POLICE [...]