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030320 404 Voters are going to the polls in several Siouxland communities today. Woodbury County Auditor Pat Gill expects turnout out to be low, about 10%, for a $50 million dollar preproposal for a new jail and law enforcement center. Polls in Woodbury County close at 8 p.m. People in Monona County are deciding the fate of a $6.2 million jail. That measure needs 60% approval to pass. Three school districts are voting as well. There’s a $37 million bond issue for a new school for MOC-Floyd

Voters are going to the polls in several Siouxland communities today. Woodbury County Auditor Pat Gill expects turnout out to be about 10% for a $50 million dollar preproposal for a new jail and law enforcement center. Polls in Woodbury County close at 8 p.m. People in Monona County are deciding the fate of a $6.2 million jail. That measure needs 60% approval to pass. Three school districts are voting as well. There’s a $37 million bond issue for a new school for MOC-Floyd Valley in Sioux County

030220 504 News Three of the five Republicans who have announced their candidacy for Iowa’s 4 th congressional district seat have filed papers to be on the June primary election ballot. Republican Jeremy Taylor of Sioux City, today filed nomination papers with the Iowa Secretary of State office. Taylor resigned last month from the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors after questions arose about his residency in the district he represented. Previously taking the step of filing papers were state

030220 404 News Three of the five Republicans who are announced candidates for Iowa’s 4 th congressional district seat have filed papers to be on the June primary election ballot. Republican Jeremy Taylor of Sioux City, on today, filed nomination papers with the Iowa Secretary of State office. Previously taking the step of filing papers were state Sen. Randy Feenstra, R-Hull, and Brett Richards, of Irwin. Those who have not filed are nine-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve King, of Kiron, and Steve

030220 304 News Worries about a new virus that's infected tens of thousands of people globally are making a mark on the economy of a nine-state region in the Midwest and Plains. A new survey report says the Mid-American Business Conditions Index sank in February to 52.8 from 57.2 in January. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says the softer reading and the economic harm from the virus should concern policymakers. Survey organizers say any score above 50

It's an end of an era for an alumni group at the Sioux City’s old Central High School. The Castle on the Hill Association must leave the building they called home for years. Frank Conkey is a volunteer with the organization. “We have been here for 15 years and really took care of our spaces. I’m sure it won’t be the same.” The alumni association sold the former school to the developer from Woodbine, Iowa for $1 in exchange for a 15-year lease that ran out at the end of the year. A representative

A massive fire last night killed more than 400,000 chickens at a poultry plant outside of Bloomfield, Nebraska. Michael Foods operates the facility that produces eggs. No employees got hurt but the fire destroyed a barn. The National Weather service says the flames were so intense their weather satellite detected the heat more than 22,000 miles above the Earth. Bloomfield is about 75 miles northwest of Sioux City in Knox County. The Iowa Democratic Party has released results of a recount of the

022720 404 Today, the final results of the Iowa caucuses and resolution to the Iowa delegate math that so far gives Pete Buttigieg a slight lead are expected to be released. The Iowa Democratic Party began a recount of 23 precinct locations on Tuesday and expected it to last two days. The recount comes after requests from by Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, of Vermont. Buttigieg holds a 14-12 lead over Sanders in the national delegates from Iowa,

022720 304 Officials say the condition of two of the people who tested positive for COVID-19 in Omaha after being evacuated from a cruise ship in Japan has improved significantly. Two of the 15 people being monitored at the University of Nebraska Medical Center were being cared for at the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit because of the severity of their symptoms. The Iowa Hygienic Lab soon should have the capability to test patients for the coronavirus that is spreading rapidly across the world,

The Iowa Democratic Party is expected to release final caucus results today from the caucuses held on February 3 rd . The Democratic Party started a recount of 23 precincts on Tuesday after a request from candidates Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders. Buttigieg had a slight lead of 14 to 12 national delegates over Sanders. State officials have issued a warning for people in Nebraska who recently traveled to one of 10 countries that have experienced an outbreak of COVID-19. They are asking them to