SIOUX CITY -- Dozens of wind turbine opponents, and a much smaller number of wind turbine advocates, packed the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors meeting Tuesday evening for a hearing on the county's commercial wind farm setback distances.
SIOUX CITY -- Sioux City Public Works Director Dave Carney told the Iowa Transportation Commission Tuesday, during a public input meeting at the Sioux City Convention Center, that the replacement of the deteriorating Gordon Drive viaduct is "critical" for the community and the region.
The state will restock Wagon Train with hundreds of thousands of game fish, but it could be a few years before it produces keepers.
One can still see evidence of the lingering damage from the 2020 derecho that flattened millions of acres of crops, crumpled grain bins, leveled sheds, toppled silos and tore off barn roofs.
“I’m just happy to be back with the guys,” .@SiouxCityXs pitcher Matt Pobereyko said. “These guys, the coaching staff, the players, they’re all my friends. We stay in contact, whether I’m here or not. It’s just a smooth transition. There’s a lot of common faces in the clubhouse. Everyone mes…
A former elementary school in a residential area of Sioux City has been reborn as a performance arts center.
STORM LAKE, Iowa -- State biologists aren't worried that a virus killing thousands of juvenile-age carp in Storm Lake will have a lasting impact on the species' population in the lake.
Dead carp line the northwest shore of Storm Lake near Frank Starr Park Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. A virus is causing common carp to die in the lake and wash up on shore. The fish kill was first noticed in late July.
The stadium is part of an $80 million baseball complex in the city.
The legislation approved by the Senate over the weekend includes nearly $400 billion for clean energy initiatives, the country's largest-ever investment in fighting global warming.
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SIOUX CITY — Even though it’s a short trip home, the Sioux City Explorers on Monday started it off with an 8-4 win over the Kansas City Monarchs at Lewis and Clark Park.
SIOUX CITY -- The Sioux City School Board will be accepting applications to fill the term of board member Juline Albert.
SIOUX CITY -- The Sioux City Council awarded a $2.3 million contract to an engineering company Monday for the construction of the Pierce Street water main replacement.
Much of the UI payments to Seneca — a multipronged company serving the petroleum and fuel-systems industry — have been for facilities-related maintenance, repairs and installations on campus.
A judge has set bail at $5 million for a man suspected of killing four people and trying to burn down their homes in the small northeast Nebraska town of Laurel last week.
SIOUX CITY -- Sioux City school board member Bob Michaelson has been named dean of students at Bishop Heelan Catholic High School.
Gov. Pete Ricketts said Speaker Mike Hilgers informed him 30 state senators agreed to return for a special session -- short of the 33 needed to break a filibuster.
In major American cities, police departments are losing officers and can't find enough recruits to replace them. Pandemic burnout, budget cuts and anti-police protests after George Floyd's murder have combined to reduce police ranks and many departments are downsizing. The evolution has affe…
In Laurel, it isn't unusual for people to leave their doors unlocked — everybody knows everybody. But that sense of security was shaken Thursday when four people were killed and left in burning homes.
Are you getting groceries delivered? Demand is cooling for the service as food prices rise. That stories and others on the daily news podcast.
Hinton, Iowa native Paul Schlotman and Wayne, Neb. native Ty Grone were a part of South Dakota State University's 1/4 Scale Tractor Design Team that won a national championship this summer.
SIOUX CITY -- The Sioux City Council will be asked Monday to award a $2.3 million contract to an engineering company for the construction of the Pierce Street water main replacement.
There were several notable deaths, Warner Bros. shelved "Batgirl" and Juan Soto was the biggest move of the trade deadline.
For those who didn’t get the chance to see “Pam & Tommy” when it premiered on Hulu, now’s the time. Coming next week to the DVD market, it’ll give you a chance to see the eye-popping nudity and the untamed world of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.
The Sioux Center softball program made history with its second state tournament appearance this summer, but for Journal Softball Coach of the Year Kari Schmalbeck, having her family by her side made the experience that much better.
Today and tomorrow members of the Iowa Department Of Transportation Commission, Director Scott Marler and members of the IDOT team will be coming to Sioux City for a couple of days.
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DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Chandler Champlain took the mound with something to prove Tuesday night and when it ended, it proved to be a Field of Dreams come true for the Quad Cities River Bandits pitcher.
DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Before the gates opened and a sellout crowd made its way into their seats in a ballpark cut into an Iowa cornfield Tuesday, the Field of Dreams became a playground for men playing a kid’s game.
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FICTION: A teenage girl gets pregnant in 1960s Ireland and surrenders the baby against her will. Thirty years later, a letter arrives. "The Making of Her" by Bernadette Jiwa; Dutton (336 pages, $26) ——— In 1964 in Catholic, Catholic Ireland, 17-year-old Joan falls hard for a young blond man she sees each evening, toiling up the hill on his bicycle near the factory where she works. She knows ...
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