DONORS NEEDED IN SIOUX CITY AS FLU SPREADS

SIOUX CITY—SCATTERED FLU OUTBREAKS IN THE SIOUXLAND AREA MAY LEAD TO A BLOOD SHORTAGE HERE IN SIOUX CITY. HEATHER MARREELL, SPOKEWOMAN FOR THE SIOUXLAND COMMUNITY BLOOD BANK, SAYS THERE HAS BEEN A DROP IN DONATIONS AND URGES HEALTHY DONORS OF ALL BLOOD TYPES TO PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING DRIVES. MARREELL SAYS GETTING VACCINATED DOESN’T JEOPARDIZE A [...]

CHILD PORN CASE IN SIOUX CITY DISTRICT COURT

SIOUX CITY—A 60-year-old Urbandale man has been charged with six counts of possession of child pornography. Mark Stimson is accused of possessing child pornography between September 2004 and July 2006. The indictment of Stimson was announced Tuesday by U.S. Attorney Matt Dummermuth. Stimson, formally of Wall Lake, appeared in U.S. District Court in Sioux City [...]

DISASTER DRILL HELD IN SIOUX CITY NEXT WEEK

SIOUX CITY—SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND SIOUX CITY OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO PLAN, TRAIN AND PREPARE TO HANDLE VARIOUS TYPES OF DISASTERS THAT MAY IMPACT THE AREA.
A FUNCTIONAL EXERCISE OF THE CITY/COUNTY EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER WILL BE HELD THIS WEDNESDAY.
SIOUX CITY POLICE LIEUTENANT MARK KIRKPATRICK SAYS THE PURPOSE OF THE EXERCISE IS TO TEST THE [...]

BENEFIT HELD FOR SON OF KSCJ’S JUSTIN BARKER

SIOUX CITY—A BENEFIT WILL BE HELD SATURDAY IN SIOUX CITY FOR THE SON OF KSCJ’S OWN JUSTIN BARKER.
BARKER BRINGS YOU HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAY-BY-PLAY ACTION EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AND HOSTS THE HAWKEYE NATION KICK-OFF SHOW FRIDAY NIGHTS FROM 6 TO 7.
JUSTIN’S SON, COLTON, WAS DIAGNOSED WITH RETINOBLASTOMA, A FAST-SPREADING CANCER THAT IF LEFT UNTREATED, CAN [...]

STRUGGLING SIOUXLAND BUSINESSES FACE MORE TROUBLES

SIOUXLAND—North Sioux City Businesses may feel a further crunch as the South Dakota Department of Labor is notifying employers that the amount they pay into the state unemployment trust fund is going up.
Department Secretary Pam Roberts says a $150-per-employee surcharge starts at the end of the month because high unemployment has drained the reserves from [...]

A “NEW ENERGY” COMES TO POWELL BROADCASTING’S 102.3 FM

SIOUX CITY—SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THE ALL TOO EARLY CHRISTMAS CAROLS BELTING FROM 102.3. F.M.
THE CAROLS WERE IN THE AIR BEFORE THE SNOW TO BRING A NEW ENERGY TO SIOUXLAND.
KQNU NEW HITS, NEW ENGERGY, NEW 102.3, DEBUTES TODAY.THE ADULT TOP 40 FORMAT WILL SPAN GENERATIONS AND GENRES, BRINGING A BLEND THE WHOLE FAMILY [...]

HANKS OFFICIALLY OUT AS NORTH HIGH COACH

SIOUX CITY—KEITH HANKS IS OFFICIALLY NO LONGER HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT NORTH HIGH SCHOOL. AS KSCJ REPORTED TO YOU THURSDAY AFTERNOON, HANKS RESIGNATION WAS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE AT A PRESS CONFERENCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS DR. PAUL GAUSSMAN MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT .
NO REASON WAS OFFICIALLY GIVEN FOR [...]

FIRST-HALF PROPERTY TAX PERIOD COMING TO A CLOSE

SIOUXLAND—TUESDAY MARKS THE FIRST DAY OF AUTUMN, BUT SUMMER ISN’T THE ONLY SEASON COMING TO A CLOSE.
THE FIRST-HALF PROPERTY TAX SEASON IS ALSO ENDING, AND TAXES ARE DUE NO LATER THAN SEPTEMBER 30, AFTER WHICH PAYMENTS BECOME DELINQUENT AND ACCRUE LATE INTEREST AT THE RATE OF 1.5 PERCENT PER MONTH.
WOODBURY COUNTY TREASURER BOB KNOWLER SAYS [...]

SIOUX CITY MAN KILLED IN MOTORCYCLE CRASH

SIOUX CITY—A SIOUX CITY MOTORCYCLIST HAS DIED AFTER HIS BIKE COLLIDED WITH A CAR ABOUT 8:30 SUNDAY NIGHT AT A LOCAL INTERSECTION.
THE VICTIM IS IDENTIFIED AS MICHAEL BAKER. BAKER WAS OPERATING THE MOTORCYCLE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH THE CAR AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWENTY SECOND AND SUMMIT. POLICE SAY BAKER [...]

SIOUXLAND MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO METH CHARGE

SIOUX CITY—A DENISON MAN PLED GUILTY LAST WEEK IN SIOUX CITY FEDERAL COURT TO DISTRIBUTING METH.
23 YEAR OLD VICTOR MANUEL ESTRADA, AKA, BENNIE, WAS CONVICTED OF ONE COUNT OF DISTRIBUTION OF MORE THAN 50 GRAMS OF METH.
IN A PLEA AGREEMENT, ESTRADA ADMITTED HE DISTRIBUTED METH TO AN INDIVIDUAL COOPERATING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT LAST YEAR.
ESTRADA FACES [...]