FORECLOSURES HIT SIOUXLAND

SIOUX CITY—WITH THE NATIONAL ECONOMY BEING COMPARED TO THE GREAT DEPRESSION, FORECLOSURES ARE ON THE RISE AND THAT DOESN’T EXCLUDE SIOUXLAND.
THE SIOUXLAND COALITION TO END HOMELESSNESS HAS ESTABLISHED A TEMPORARY OFFICE TO OFFER ASSISTANCE TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN OR WILL SOON BE DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES.
KAREN MACKEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SIOUX CITY HUMAN [...]

LARGE INTEREST IN K-D DEMO

SIOUX CITY—THE K-D STATION IN THE STOCKYARDS OF SIOUX CITY IS GETTING CLOSER TO ITS DEMISE AND A NUMBER OF DEMOLITION COMPANIES WOULD LIKE TO GET A PIECE OF THE BUILDING ACCORDING TO CITY MANAGER PAUL ECKERT.
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BIDS WILL BE OPENDED ON THE DEMOLITION WORK FEBURARY 3RD AND CITY OFFICIALS ARE HOPING THAT THE FIRMS [...]

FLOYD REMAINS SAFE

SIOUX CITY—SIOUX CITY ENGINEERING OFFICIALS INSPECTED THE FLOYD BOULEVARD VIADUCT THIS WEEK AND FOUND SOME PROBLEMS.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CHRIS PAYER SAYS DECK DETERIORATION WAS FOUND ADJACENT TO METAL EXPANSION JOINTS.
HE SAYS FIELD SERVICES OFFICIALS PLACED A STEEL PLATE OVER THE DAMAGE IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE.
VOLUNTEER AND FORMER ENGINEER PAUL STENSLAND SAYS THE VIADUCT REMAINS SAFE.
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CULVER STAYS POSITIVE IN SIOUX CITY

SIOUX CITY—IOWA GOVERNOR CHET CULVER REMAINS OPTOMISTIC WITH THE STATE’S ECONOMY WHILE SAYING GOVERNMENTS CANNOT RELY ON WASHINGTON TO FIX THEIR PROBLEMS.
CULVER, WHO DISCUSSED JOB CREATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SIOUXLAND CHAMBER TUESDAY, SAYS DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WILL WORK TOGETHER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET.
CULVER SAYS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE BALANCE ANOTHER $400-MILLION WILL NEED [...]

MERCY’S SEAL OF APPROVAL

SIOUX CITY—FOR A THIRD TIME, MERCY MEDICAL CENTER-SIOUX CITY RECEIVED AN HONOR TUESDAY FOR THEIR STROKE PROGRAM.
MERCY CEO PAUL DOUGHERTY PRESENTED HOSTPIAL STAFF MEMBERS WITH THE NATIONAL STROKE CENTER CERTIFICATION FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION.
MERCY PREVIOUSLY EARNED THE “GOLD SEAL OF APPROVAL” FOR ADVANCED STROKE CARE IN 2005 AND 2007.
MERCY IS THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN THE SIOUXLAND [...]

VANDER PLAATS EYES GOVERNOR’S SEAT

SIOUX CITY—A NORTHWEST IOWA REPUBLICAN WHO’S RUN FOR GOVERNOR TWICE BEFORE PLANS TO RUN AGAIN IN 2010. IN THE 2008 ELECTION CYCLE, BOB VANDER PLAATS CAMPAIGNED EXTENSIVELY WITH REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MIKE HUCKABEE, WHO WON LAST YEAR’S IOWA CAUCUSES:
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VANDER PLAATS IS A FORMER COACH, HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER AND PRINCIPAL WHO LEFT EDUCATION HEAD A [...]

VERMILLION STUDENT CENTER NEARING COMPLETION

VERMILLION, S.D.—Workers are laying carpet and completing other finishing touches in a new student center at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion.
The $22.6 million center is scheduled to be completed in February. It will have a multilevel dining area with indoor and outdoor seating, a multipurpose room that can handle 700 people, along with [...]

IOWA ECONOMY POLL

SIOUXLAND—According to a new poll from The Des
Moines Register, a majority of Iowans are confident that they can survive an economic downturn, but an increasing number of residents are personally feeling or seeing the recession. The Register’s Iowa Poll asked how the economy is affecting them, what changes they are making to their personal finances [...]

THE HIGH COST FOR FLAT TAX

SIOUX CITY—MAYOR MIKE HOBART SAYS SOME POSITIONS MAY BE ELIMINATED IN AN EFFORT TO REACH THE GOAL OF A FLAT TAX UNDER THE FISCAL YEAR 2010 OPERATING BUDGET.
HE SAYS THERE ARE SOME VACANCIES THAT MAY NOT BE FILLED.
BUDGET HEARINGS WILL BEGIN NEXT WEEK IN SIOUX CITY TO CONSIDER THE OPERATING BUDGET.
HOBART SAYS IN LIGHT OF [...]

MERCY SPECIALTY CLINICS

SIOUX CITY—SIOUXLANDERS CAN NOW VISIT SPECIALITY CLINICS IN ONE LOCATION RIGHT HERE AT HOME.
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER LEADERS AND PHYSICIANS ATTENDED A RIBBON CUTTING THURSDAY FOR THEIR NEW MEDICAL OFFICE SPECIALTY FACILTIES.
MERCY INTERNAL MEDICINE AND PEDIATRICS, THE MERCY INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINIC, MERCY’S GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT CLINIC, MERCY PSYCHOLOGICAL AND THE MERCY VOICE CLINIC ARE LOCATED JUST INSIDE [...]