LOCAL CONTRACTS RATIFIED

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS RATIFIED TWO NEW CONTRACTS YESTERDAY. LOCAL 222 VOTED TO APPROVE A NEW CONTRACT AT TYSON FOODS, INC., AND UNION MEMBERS AT BPI RATIFIED A NEW WORK AGREEMENT AT BPI. UNION PRESIDENT MARVIN HARRINGTON SAID BOTH GROUPS FAIRED WELL DESPITE THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

ANIMAL CONTROL BUILDING TO BE RE-BID

SIOUX CITY, IA—
LOOKS AS IF THE NEW ANIMAL CONTROL BUILDING WILL BE RE-BID. THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED 3 TO 2 LAST NIGHT TO HAVE CITY STAFF SEEK ANOTHER GO AROUND OF BIDDING. THE BIDS CAME IN MUICH HIGHER THAN EXPECTED, W’ITH THE LOWEST BID NEARLY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS HIGHER THAN THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES. CITY [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

LITTLE YELLOW DOG ENSURES WONDERFUL HOLIDAYS

SIOUX CITY, IOWA—IT’S ALL DONE…IT’S ALL THROUGH AND THE LITTLE YELLOW DOG HAS A NEW HOME. THE YEARLY CHRISTMAS AUCTION WAS HELD SATURDAY, AND BOJI, THE CUTE LITTLE CAIRN TERRIER WAS SOLD TO JOHN GOLDSMITH OF SERGEANT BLUFF AND DAVE MARX OF SIOUX CITY. THE LITTLE POOCH FETCHED $20,000 THIS YEAR IN THE 73RD HOLIDAY [...]

YANKTON TO OFFER SUNDAY ALCOHOL SALES

YANKTON, S.D.—The Yankton City Commission has agreed to
expand the sale of alcohol on Sundays.
State law permits off-sale liquor and wine sales on Sundays, but
a Yankton ordinance currently allows only beer sales on Sundays.
The new ordinance will take effect as soon as it is officially
published.
It will not affect on-sale alcohol licenses.
Currently, only restaurants capable of seating [...]