SIOUX CITY – Justin Wright, who won a special election in 2020 for a seat on the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors, will not seek a new four-year term in District 2 this year.
On Friday morning, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds showed up in Sioux Center to tout a project that's taken more than 30 years of building and nurturing.
SIOUX CITY -- J.D. Scholten is making a change.
The Sioux Council approved plans to transform the former Riviera Theatre into the RE/MAX City Centre, a hub for commerce, entertainment and socializing that would draw people to downtown.
The COVID-19 pandemic has adversely affected the $22 million, five-story downtown hotel connected to the Sioux City Convention Center.
Iowa State Sen. Dave Rowley talks about playing music and describes his plans for his first term in the State Senate.
SIOUX CITY -- City staff are working to finalize an agreement with the owners of the former Riviera Theatre that would deliver a property tax and other financial assistance for the remake of the downtown landmark building.
Spirit Lake resident Dave Rowley has spent years entertaining folks at concerts all throughout Siouxland. Now, as a newly-elected state senator, he's putting some of those performing skills to work in the Iowa legislature.
SIOUX CITY -- Kinseth Hospitality Inc. is asking the Sioux City Council to amend its development agreement with the city for the 150-room Courtyard by Marriott Hotel due to problems hiring as many hotel staff as the company promised.
In a recent interview with the Journal, Woodbury County Supervisor Jeremy Taylor reflected on the lengthy time he spent away from his home in Sioux City, as he served as a chaplain with the 734th RSG Iowa Army National Guard.
Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott, a businessman who has more than 20 years of combined service as a city councilman and mayor, spanning three different decades, was asked Thursday by his 2019 mayoral opponent when he plans to retire.
With caucuses coming up in Woodbury County on Feb. 7, the two main political parties in the area are taking two different approaches to the event.
New guidance from the federal government will allow Woodbury County to use at least $10 million of its COVID-19 relief funds to help pay for the new county jail and sheriff’s office in the next budget year.
SIOUX CITY -- Matthew O'Kane said his heart was racing and it felt like butterflies were flying around in his stomach, as he waited for a mid-October forum hosted by the League of Women Voters to begin.
As a gesture, Woodbury County Supervisor Matthew Ung placed on the board's agenda Tuesday an item that would have reduced the supervisors' annual pay to $5,000 -- more than $30,000 less than they currently receive.
For the past year the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors has discussed selling its 184-acre farm, initially to offset the rise in cost for the new Law Enforcement Center. Proponents say sales revenue would help the board keep the property tax levy the same or lower it.
According to Norfolk officials, the overhaul will include an amphitheater with a permanent stage and grass seating for about 400 people
The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors decided against a 22% pay increase for themselves.
Hull Bright start currently has a waitlist of about 67 children. The $885,000 grant its getting from the state is being used to open up 46 additional slots for kids.
In announcing his candidacy for the office, Assistant Woodbury County Attorney James Loomis, a Republican, said the county attorney must communicate more often and effectively with law enforcement to gain officers' trust and cooperation.
On Tuesday, the supervisors approved a draft letter to the Iowa Utilities Board, expressing the opposition to the Navigator Heartland Greenway and Summit Carbon Solutions pipelines and the reasons given by local landowners.
Henderson, who's running for the new District 2 seat, which northern and northeastern portions of Sioux City, as well as all of Lawton, has run three times before.
The project, from Cold-Link Logistics, will include 185,000 square feet of cold storage warehousing space, approximately 20,000 pallet positions, blast freezing, truck docks, offices, and mechanical areas.
The project, which covers Stone Park Blvd. from West Clifton St. to Broken Kettle Road in Sioux City, includes new: paving, sidewalks, driveways, watermain replacement, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, service connections, and a storm sewer box culvert.
Republicans say they want to tinker with tax policy; some said they believed federal responses to COVID-19 were restraints on freedom. Democrats, in particular, pointed to more education funding.