CRESTON POLICE ON TRIAL IN SIOUX CITY

SIOUX CITY—The trial of two former Creston police officials accused in the alleged rape of a woman at a country club bar is set to begin Tuesday in Sioux City. Former Creston Police Chief James Christensen and former Assistant Creston Police Chief John Sickels both face second-degree sexual abuse charges. Those charges stem from an [...]

IDENTIFYING REMAINS NEAR YANKTON

SIOUXLAND—AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO IDENTIFY A BODY FOUND THIS WEEK SOUTHEAST OF YANKTON.
CEDAR COUNTY OFFICIALS RECEIVED A REPORT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON OF A BURNED VEHICLE ON A MINIMUM MAINTENANCE ROAD.
UPON ARRIVAL, OFFICERS FOUND A BADLY BURNED VEHICLE CONTAINING THE REMAINS OF ONE OCCUPANT.
DENTAL RECORDS ARE BEING REVIEWED AND DNA TESTS ARE BEING CONDUCTERD TO POSITIVELY IDENTIFY [...]

ADDITIONAL LAYOFFS

SIOUXLAND—A MANUFACTURING COMPANY IS LAYING OFF EMPLOYEES AT BOTH OF ITS FACILITIES IN NORTHWEST IOWA.
ROSENBOOM MACHINE AND TOOL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER JACK SCHREURS SAYS THE CUTS INCLUDE 12 PERMANENT AND 65 TEMPORARY LAYOFFS IN SHELDON AND 19 PERMANENT AND 75 TEMPORARY LAYOFFS IN SPIRIT LAKE.
THOSE TEMPORARILY LAID OFF FROM ROSENBOOM WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE BENEFITS, [...]

$5 PARKING FEE WILL IMPROVE AREA?

SIOUX CITY—DURING THE MAYOR’S WEEKLY NEWS CONFERENCE FRIDAY, CITY MANAGER PAUL ECKERT MENTIONED THE NEWLY IMPLEMENTED $5 CHARGE TO PARK IN THE TYSON EVENTS CENTER DURING MAJOR EVENTS.
ECKERT SAYS THE FEE WILL HELP RECOVER COSTS, CREATE VALUE AND IDENTIFY PARKING.
HE SAYS IT WILL ALSO CREATE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
ECKERT SAYS THE $5 FEE WILL ONLY [...]

AREA SENATOR FINED FOR FENDER BENDER

PIERRE—State Sen. Sandy Jerstad was fined $413 after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor charge for a parking lot fender bender. The Sioux Falls Democrat, through her attorney, entered the plea Thursday to failing to furnish information by a driver in a property damage accident. As part of a plea agreement, another misdemeanor charge of [...]

SENTENCED FOR CRACK COCAINE

SIOUX CITY—A MAN WHO SOLD CRACK COCAINE WAS SENTENCED WEDNESDAY IN SIOUX CITY.
23 YEAR OLD TRAY COX OF FORT DODGE WAS SENTENCED TO MORE THAN THREE YEARS IN PRISON FOR DISTRIBUTING CRACK COCAINE LAST JANUARY TO INDIVIDUALS COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORMCENT.
HE ADMITTED TO DISTRIBUTING THE CRACK COCAINE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF GORDON WILLARD ALTERNATIVE [...]

NEW PARKING TERMS AT TYSON

SIOUX CITY—SIOUX CITY’S TYSON EVENTS CENTER WILL BEGIN ITS NEW PARKING SERVICE THIS WEEKEND.
MORE THAN 5-THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO ATTEND THE BUCKCHERRY CONCERT SUNDAY, AND THAT’S MORE THAN TYSON’S LOT CAN ACCOMODATE.
FREE PARKING WILL BE AVAILABLE ON-STREET, IN THE LIBRARY’S PARKING LOT, THE HERITAGE AND RIVERS LANDING PARKING RAMPS.
THOSE WANTING TO PARK IN THE [...]

AREA LAWMAKER COULD BE FINED

LINCOLN—A SOUTH SIOUX lawmaker faces a fine for failing to file a report about his campaign fundraising. The Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission said Wednesday that Sen. Robert Giese of South Sioux City had not filed the required post-election statement that was due Jan. 13. His campaign is subject to a late fee of $25 [...]

EIGHT-HOUR STANDOFF IN SIOUX FALLS

SIOUX FALLS—Sioux Falls police say they’ve filed charges against a man who ordered everyone out of a restaurant and threatened to shoot himself during an eight-hour standoff with police. Negotiators eventually persuaded him to put down the gun and walk out shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday. Police now say 44-year-old Edward Allen Bovee of Sioux [...]

13 YEARS FOR METH

SIOUX CITY—A FORT DODGE MAN WAS SENTENCED IN SIOUX CITY TUESDAY TO 13 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR METH CONVICTIONS.
33 YEAR OLD DANIEL MOSS ADMITTED THAT BETWEEN 2005 AND NOVEMBER OF 2007 HE WAS INVOLVED IN A CONSPIRACY THAT DISTRIBUTED AT LEAST 500 GRAMS OF METH MIXTURE IN THE FORT DODGE AREA.
HE OBTAINED QUANTITIES OF [...]