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010320 304 A vote on a referendum for a new county jail should be delayed, that’s according to Woodbury County Supervisor Jeremy Taylor. Taylor wants a potential vote on a $49 million new county jail to be held in September rather than March. However, the other four supervisors are not in agreement. Taylor says today that the public needs more time to understand and think about the details about the project. If passed, the proposal would raise property taxes for county residents for 20 years.

Iran has vowed “harsh retaliation” for a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad's airport that killed its top general. Iowa Senator Joni Ernst, a retired member of the Iowa National Guard wrote on Twitter “she applauded the work of U.S. military personnel in carrying out the mission, America, and our world is safer”. With a month on go before the Iowa caucuses, Democratic candidate Tom Steyer visits northwest Iowa. The billionaire hedge fund manager spoke to a crowd of about 100 Thursday night in Sioux

010220 504 Democratic presidential candidate and Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is back in Iowa less than a week after completing visits to all 99 counties and about a month ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Klobuchar held a town hall in Sioux City today (Thursday). She read a question from a voter asking how she’d flip back counties that voted for President Barack Obama in 2012 and President Donald Trump in 2016. She says that happens by visiting small rural towns where it’s sometimes “uncomfortable

010220 404 Iowa’s first in the nation presidential caucuses take place one month from tomorrow and Democratic candidates are visiting Siouxland in preparation. Minnesota US Senator Amy Klobuchar talked with potential caucus-goers today at Sioux City’s Orpheum Theater. Klobuchar said her campaign was surging and she had raised more than one million dollars the day after the Dec. 19 th presidential debate. She answered a question from the crowd about “recovering” from President Trump’s trade war.

The start of the new year also brought a change to the Sioux City Council. Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer reports. On Thursday, January 2nd, 2020 a few city leaders took the oath of office at City Hall in downtown Sioux City. Mayor Bob Scott was sworn in for a third consecutive term. Also, new to the council, the owner of SoHo Kitchen and Bar, Julie Schoenherr. Schoenherr beat incumbent Rhonda Capron in November. “Thank you for trusting in me those who voted for me and a special thanks

010220 304 Democratic Presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar told potential Siouxland caucus-goers today that her campaign has surged since the December 19 th debate. The Minnesota US Senator told supporters at the Orpheum Theater today that that financial boost has meant a lot to her campaign. “After that last debate, we raised over a million dollars in small contributions in 24 hours. So we’re seeing a total surge that’s allowed us to double our staff in the state of Iowa. “ Klobuchar says her

The Oath of Office took place this morning for Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott. Scott won his third consecutive term against Maria Rundquist. Scott also served as mayor in Sioux City in the 1990s. New Council Member Julie Schoenherr was also sworn in this morning. She beat incumbent Rhonda Capron in November’s election. Capron served on the city council for eight years. Two Democratic candidates for president are in Siouxland today. A town hall is underway at the Orpheum Theatre with Minnesota

Coming up on The Exchange, we take a look at some of the events that we commemorated in Siouxland during the last year. One of the most resonant events was the anniversary of the deadly crash of United Flight 232 in at Sioux Gateway Airport in July of 1989. The memories of the crash site were still clear all these years later. Also we talk with some seniors who recall the moon landing in July of 1969. And we speak with the recently retired editor of the Catholic Globe newspaper, Joanne Fox and

At the end of the year, the Public Safety Director and long-serving Chief of Police in Storm Lake, Iowa is retiring. Mark Prosser moved to Storm Lake back in the fall of 1989. Chief Prosser talked to Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer about his career, community, his next endeavor and an issue he’s passionate about, immigration. Chief Prosser provided a few statistics to highlight the diversity in his community. People living in the community speak 30 different languages. Iowa State

A winter storm may impact a portion of the Siouxland area as we move into the upcoming weekend. The National Weather Service says because of high levels of uncertainty people should check the forecast often if traveling. Sioux City could see up to 6 inches of snow Sunday night. Vermillion, South Dakota up to 8 inches, Yankton, South Dakota up to a foot, and O’Neill, Nebraska up to 18 inches. State officials have referred to Iowa prosecutors the names of nine people suspected of voting twice in