This week on The Exchange, Western Iowa Tech Community College is accused of human trafficking in connection with a group of exchange students from South America. WIT President Terry Murrell strongly refutes those allegations and pledges to help students finish their programs of study. The 2020 Presidential Caucuses are looming, after many months of candidate visits and debates. But, what is the procedure you should follow on caucus night, February 3rd? We talk with Woodbury County Democratic

There are new developments surrounding foreign students who made serious allegations against an exchange program at Western Iowa Tech Community College. As Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer reports a resolution appears to be far from over. Both sides of the controversy released letters on Thursday. A majority of students who say they were mistreated by Western Iowa Tech and Siouxland-area businesses officially reached out to the Governor, U.S. Senators Grassley and Ernst, and the State

The winter storm that hit Siouxland with a vengeance last weekend put a college basketball coach in a harrowing situation. Saul Phillips is the head coach at Northern State in Aberdeen, South Dakota. His team played Friday night in Sioux Falls and as he took off for his next stop in Wayne, Nebraska that's when the adventure started. He shared his story with Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer. Northern State ended up beating Wayne State College 82 to 72 on Saturday night. Phillip’s wife also

The president of Western Iowa Tech Community College held a news conference on Tuesday January 21, 2020, to respond to allegations made by a group of international students. “We were shocked and saddened to hear about the students and heard for the first time about it yesterday.” Dr. Terry Murrell says 60 students arrived from Chile and Brazil for the school year in the fall of 2019 through a J-1 Visa exchange program. On Monday, two advocacy groups claimed the college engaged in human

Sioux City police are investigating a shooting after a man showed up at MercyOne with a gunshot wound late last night. He told investigators someone shot him near Park Avenue and 29 th Street. That’s a couple of blocks away from Leif Erickson Park. The man who hasn’t been identified yet by authorities then drove himself to the hospital. Two teenagers died after a collision between their vehicle and a semi in Sioux City. It happened around 9:30 last night at Lewis Boulevard and Third Street. The

011720 504 The statewide winter storm today has been upgraded to a blizzard warning in northwest Iowa, while more snow accumulation has been forecast across the state. Blizzard warning criteria from the NWS are wind gusts of 35 mph or greater and one-quarter of mile visibility or less that lasts up to three hours. The state Department of Transportation’s 511 website shows the roads across much of Iowa’s southwestern half are completely snow-covered, with blizzard warnings posted for 18 northwest

011720 404 A winter weather system moving across the country is dropping snow, sleet and freezing rain on eastern Nebraska and Western Iowa. Most schools in the region canceled classes and activities for today ahead of the storm system. Residents in Nebraska awoke to a blanket of snow and wind chills well below zero. The snow hit Iowa later in the morning. The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for much of eastern Nebraska into central parts of the state that will

011720 304 A winter storm dropping several inches of snow and sleet and also bringing in high winds lead to cancellations of classes, activities, and services across Iowa today. Half of the flights from the Des Moines International Airport, where more than 4 inches of snow fell by midday Friday, were canceled or delayed. More cancellations were likely as the National Weather Service issued winter weather and storm advisories for most of the state. The northwestern corner of Iowa, including Sioux

Authorities in Iowa had to round up more than 1,700 piglets after a semi-trailer overturned on a freeway just north of Des Moines. The crash happened Thursday afternoon when the truck and trailer overturned on a ramp to Interstate 35. Iowa State Patrol troopers had to close the ramp at times as crews worked to capture and unload hundreds of pigs. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said in a tweet, “authorities working to corral and transport 1,738 piglets!"

The Iowa Caucuses are two weeks away and for some the process can be a bit intimidating. Northwestern College in Orange City is hosting an event for people new to caucuses. Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer talked to one of the organizers, Noah Karmann, who is the co-chairperson of the Northwestern College Democrats. The 21-year-old political science and history major talks about the partisan nature of politics and how young people are becoming more engaged in the election process. The