1918 MACK FIRE TRUCK CALLS SIOUX CITY HOME

SIOUX CITY—THE SIOUX CITY PUBLIC MUSEUM UNVEILED A LARGE ADDITION TO THEIR COLLECTION FRIDAY.
A 1918 MACK FIRE TRUCK ON PERMANENT LOAN FROM THE IRVING F. JENSEN FAMILY HAS BEEN RESTORED AND IS FULLY OPERATIONAL.
JENSEN ACQUIRED THE RARE HISTORIC FIRE TRUCK, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A TRUCK PREVIOUSLY USED BY THE SCFD.
MUSEUM DIRECTOR STEVEN HANSEN SAYS [...]

LOCAL MAN RECOVERS AFTER CRASH WITH SEMI

HINTON—A LEMARS MAN REMAINS HOSPITALIZED AT MERCY MEDICAL CENTER IN SIOUX CITY AFTER HIS CAR WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI LAST NIGHT IN HINTON, IOWA.
JONATHON LEARING OF LEMARS WAS STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CEDAR STREET AND HIGHWAY 75, WHEN HIS VEHICLE WAS STRUCK BY A SOUTHBOUND SEMI DRIVEN BY JAMES POTTEBAUM OF HOSPERS, IOWA.
THE [...]

LOW VOTER TURNOUT SUPRISING IN SIOUX CITY

SIOUX CITY—BESIDES THE THREE WINNNERS IN YESTERDAY’S LOCAL CITY COUNCIL RACE, THE SECONDARY STORY WAS UNFORTUNATELY A VERY LOW TURN OUT. A TURN OUT THAT ELECTION COMMISSIONER PAT GILL SAYS WAS THE LOWEST IN RECENT YEARS. A TOTAL OF SIX-THOUSAND-THREE HUNDRED-69 VOTERS CAST BALLOTS REPRESENTING FOURTEEN AND A HALF OF THE APPROXIMATE 44-THOUSAND ELIGIBLE VOTERS [...]

NEW SIOUX CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ELECTED

SIOUX CITY—JUST OVER 6-THOUSAND SIOUX CITY VOTERS WENT TO THE POLLS TUESDAY AND CHOSE THREE NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TOM PADGETT WALKED AWAY WITH THE MOST VOTES WITH 4,245, JOHN FITCH CAME IN SECOND WITH 3,915 AND KEITH RADIG EARNED 3,030 VOTES.
INCUMBENT JIM RIXNER CAME IN SHORT WITH 2,840 VOTES AND IAN RAPPOLT WOUND UP WITH [...]

MORE SIOUXLAND STUDENTS GET VACCINATED AGAINST H1N1

SIOUX CITY—MORE SIOUXLANDERS ARE PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM THE H1N1 FLU AS MORE VACCINE BECOMES AVAILABLE IN WOODBURY COUNTY.
CHUCK CIPPERLEY WITH SIOUXLAND DISTRICT HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS NEARLY 8-THOUSAND DOSES OF THE VACCINE HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED IN WOODBURY COUNTY.
HE SAYS STUDENTS AT THE ANTHON-OTO AND RIVER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICTS WILL BE VACCINATED WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.
THE SIOUX [...]

AREA PLANE CRASH BLAMED ON LOW FUEL

SIOUXLAND—Federal aviation officials say a small plane that crashed in a corn field in northwest Iowa, killing all three Wisconsin men on board, was low on fuel. In a report last week, the National Transportation Safety Board says the single-engine Piper had two 25-gallon fuel tanks. After the crash, investigators drained one cup of fuel from [...]

SIOUXLAND FARMERS STUCK IN THE MUD THIS MONTH

SIOUX CITY—STATE CLIMATOLOGIST HARRY HILLAKER SAYS WET WEATHER HAS LEFT COMBINES AND TRACTORS SITTING IDLE THIS MONTH FOR MORE THAN FARMERS HAVE SEEN IN DECADES.
HILLAKER COMPARED THIS WEEK’S CROP REPORT WITH THE HARVEST REPORTS OF THE PAST.
IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE FARMERS WERE THIS FAR BEHIND WITH NOVEMBER ON THE HORIZON.
A NEW CROP REPORT [...]

H1N1 FLU WIDESPREAD IN SIOUXLAND

SIOUX CITY—IT’S HERE, AND IT LOOKS AS IF IT’S GOING TO BE AROUND FOR AWHILE… THAT’S THE H1N1 FLU. SIOUXLAND DISTRICT HEALTH SPOKESPERSON CHUCK CIPPERLY SAYS IT’S WIDESPREAD:
CIPPERLY SAYS IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT, YOU PROBABLY DO:
IF YOU’VE GOT THOSE SYMPTOMS, CONTINUE TO WASH YOUR HANDS, COUGH AND SNEEZE INTO YOUR SLEEVE, AND STAY [...]

SLEEP-OUT TO FIGHT SIOUX CITY HOMELESSNESS

SIOUX CITY—THE FIFTH ANNUAL SIOUXLAND SLEEP-OUT WILL FIND VOLUNTEERS SLEEPING OUT IN THE COLD NEXT MONTH AT LEWIS & CLARK PARK.
EVENT MANAGER WILLIE DELFS SAYS THE SLEEP-OUT IS A WAY TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT SIOUXLAND HOMELESSNESS AND TO RAISE MONEY FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THOSE IN NEED.
DELFS SAYS AN ESTIMATED 400 AREA RESIDENTS SPEND ANY [...]

SIOUX CITY AUTHORITIES HOPE FOR SAFE HALLOWEEN

SIOUX CITY—IF YOUR PORCH LIGHT IS ON THIS HALLOWEEN, EXPECT TRICKER OR TREATERS TO VISIT BETWEEN SIX AND EIGHT O’CLOCK.
SIOUX CITY POLICE OFFICER JEREMY MCCLURE SAYS IN ORDER TO ENJOY A SAFE HALLOWEEN OUTING, MAKE SURE COSTUMES ARE FIRE RETARDANT AND THE EYE HOLES ARE BIG ENOUGH FOR GOOD VISION.
HE ENCOURAGES YOU TO MAKE SURE [...]