SIOUX CITY CUSTOMERS ENJOY BLACK FRIDAY DEALS

SIOUX CITY—SIOUXLANDERS WERE LINING UP FOR THAT “SPECIAL GIFT” LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AT VARIOUS RETAIL OUTLETS.
MANDY ROONEY, EXECUTIVE TEAM LEADER AT TARGET ALONG SUNNYBROOK, SAYS THEY HAD MORE TRAFFIC THIS BLACK FRIDAY THAN ANY IN THE PAST.
SHE SAYS ELECTRONICS SEEM TO BE THE HOT ITEMS THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON.
ROONEY SAYS THE CROWD BEGAN [...]

MERRILL MAN FOUND NOT GUILTY IN HOMICIDE CASE

SIOUXLAND—A Plymouth County jury has found a northwestern Iowa man not guilty for a fatal traffic accident near Le Mars in 2007. Fifty-one-year-old Danny Robinson of Merrill was charged with homicide by motor vehicle after a van he was driving struck a South Dakota woman. The jury found him not guilty Wednesday. The victim, 78-year [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]