081219 532 After devastating flooding this year, Iowa funneled $15 million into a special fund to help local governments recover and guard against future floods. Missouri budgeted more money to fight rising waters, including $2 million to help buy a moveable floodwall for a historic Mississippi River town. In Arkansas, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced $10 million to repair damaged levees while creating a task force to study a system that in places has fallen into disrepair through years of neglect.

081219 504 Woodbury County attorneys and a public defender want a review of the juvenile court records of recently convicted double murderer Tran Walker. The Sioux City Journal reports they want to know if the judge who recently found Walker guilty might have had a conflict of interest concerning a new trial. The public defender's office received an allegation that District Judge Tod Deck had represented Walker in juvenile court when Deck was a lawyer. A public defender and an assistant Woodbury

081219 432 The former mayor of Irwin Iowa Republican Bret Richards is the first candidate in Iowa's Fourth Congressional District to gather the necessary signatures to have his name placed on the 2020 Republican primary ballot. Republican candidates in the district next year are required to gather 1,874 signatures or 1 percent of the total number of votes cast for the party's 2018 gubernatorial nominee, Other Republican 4 th district candidates include incumbent Steve King of Kiron, state

081219 404 Attorneys are seeking a review of Tran Walker's juvenile court records to determine whether the judge who recently found him guilty of murder had a conflict of interest about whether a new trial should be held. The Sioux City Journal reports that the public defender's office received an allegation that District Judge Tod Deck had represented Walker in juvenile court when Deck was a lawyer. A Public defender and an assistant Woodbury County Attorney filed a joint motion to access

Nearly two dozen Democratic presidential candidates paraded through Iowa this weekend, speaking at the state fair, the annual Wing Ding dinner and a forum on gun control. The sheer volume of contenders signals a new phase of the primary campaign, ending the get-to-know-you period and beginning a six-month sprint to the Iowa caucuses. They'll be competing for the support of Democrats who say repeatedly that, despite their differences, their top priority is landing on a nominee who can defeat

Authorities say a 58-year-old man from Lake View, Iowa died after becoming trapped in a grain bin in Sac County. Officials say Garry Leonard became stuck after he entered the partially filled bin to break up some corn yesterday afternoon Another worker tried to pull him free but failed. Firefighters were able to get him out about 45 minutes later, however he was pronounced dead at the scene. Insurers for the developer and construction company involved in the fatal collapse of a building in

Democratic candidate for President and U.S. Senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand made a campaign stop in Sioux City August 7, 2019. She’s spending five-days crossing the state in an RV and dropped by the Key Club to meet with supporters and those still undecided. “Your caucus goers are really well informed and they turn up. Several people here I have met several times. They are getting to know the candidates one by one. I think if I get a chance to meet all the caucus goers one-by-one I can

Two more Democratic Presidential hopefuls visit Sioux City tonight. California Senator Kamala Harris is holding a rally at the Anderson Dance Pavilion. Also, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper will attend at private event at the Truman Club. U.S. Senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand made a campaign stop in Sioux City last night. She’s spending 5-days crossing the state in an RV and dropped by the Key Club to meet with supporters and those still undecided. “I think the key to a good

A couple of Democratic candidates for president plan to visit Sioux City today. The Woodbury County Democratic Party reports a rally for California Senator Kamala Harris will take place at the Anderson Dance Pavilion. The event is expected to start at around 6 p.m. Also, tonight former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper will attend a private event at the Truman Club in Sioux City. Democratic candidate for President and U.S. Senator from New York, Kirsten Gillibrand made a campaign stop in Sioux

The U.S. Department of Justice recently announced plans to resume federal executions for the first time in 15 years. Five inmates are scheduled to be put to death for their crimes, including Iowa-native Dustin Honken. Honken received the death penalty in 2004 for five murders, including two children in 1993. Their bodies were discovered in a mass grave near Mason City in 2000. Retired Federal Judge Mark Bennett sat on the bench during Honken’s trial in Sioux City . Bennett is now at Drake