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Democratic candidate for president Bernie Sanders used his brief time off from the impeachment trial this weekend to campaign in Siouxland. He stopped in Sioux City Sunday night after visiting Storm Lake earlier in the day. Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer was there as he brought some star power to the Convention Center. The band “Portugal. The Man” entertains a group of more than 1,100. A rock concert atmosphere full of energized supporters for Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in Sioux

Following script is a longer version of a Siouxland Public Media special report: The Iowa Caucuses are about a week away and for the past several months the candidates have sought out the support of Siouxlanders. Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer covered many of these campaign events and found insight from a young, but informed source with aspirations of her own. Disco lights and an occasional Disney tune set the scene for roller skating night at Girls Inc. in Sioux City, Iowa. “I’m Maggie

Katie Rock is the Campaign Representative for Iowa with the Sierra Club’s “Beyond Coal” campaign. She will be traveling from Des Moines to take part in two different events in Sioux City on Tuesday, January 28 th . Rock talked to Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer about her thoughts on the impact of coal energy and the transition to cleaner forms of energy. Rock’s first event is at noon at the Holiday Inn in Sioux City. She will be sharing her mission with attendees of the Siouxland

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