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The field is set for the Sioux City Council Election next month. The candidates getting the most votes are Rhonda Capron and Julie Sc hoenherr (Shane-er). Capron, who is the incumbent, received almost half of the votes in the primary with 2,173 or 49%. Schoenherr, the owner of SOHO on Historic 4th Street, came in second with 28% or 1,257 votes. If you add up the votes of the final three candidates they received less than 1,000 votes; Michael O’Conner and Rosario Perez Jr. with 7% each and

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds was in Siouxland on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 to tout the completion of a fiber optics network and a community college home building program. Reynolds cut the ribbon today on a newly created fiber optics network center in downtown Sioux City. Data and broadband company FiberComm opened a new office today on Pierce Street. The $6 million project is a so-called “carrier hotel” with 24/7 access for companies to connect with fiber optic networks. “We used to think about you

Today is primary election day for city council candidates in Sioux City. “We’re hoping for a good turnout. Right, now it’s a little slow. We’re hoping people will get in and vote this afternoon and evening . We’re here until 8 o’clock.“ That’s Marilyn Tyler the chairperson of precinct 19 on the northside of Sioux City. She talked to Siouxland Public Media News this morning. “Please get out and vote. A primary is very, very important and people that are running would like your vote.” During the

100719 504 The campaign team of U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Kiron, said Monday an internal poll shows he has a strong lead over the four republicans who want to unseat him in 2020. The King campaign says congressman got 59 percent support in the poll, while the other four Republicans combined to receive 23 percent. That included 15 percent for state Sen. Randy Feenstra, of Hull, and amounts in the low single digits for Woodbury County Supervisor Jeremy Taylor, Bret Richards and Steve Reeder. A

News 100719 Renewed flooding over the weekend has again forced the closure of a ten-mile section of Interstate 29. Due to water over the highway, it’s barricaded from Exit 61 near Crescent to Exit 71 near Loveland. It’s at least the fourth time I-29 has been closed by flooding in western Iowa this year and that stretch of roadway was just opened by the DOT on Friday. The Missouri River at Omaha is rising and should crest near flood stage at 29 feet later today. Republicans have chosen Pat

The Exchange went live Friday morning at the Sioux City International Film Festival. Films are being shown on Friday and Saturday at the Promenade Theater on 4th Street. This year's them is Women in Film. We talk with a group of women who will discuss women and film on Friday night at the Sioux City Convention Center. Writer Sarah Nicole Jones, writer, and producer Melissa Blake, and historian and actress Rhiannon Koehler all discuss the history of women in film and how women navigate the world

100419 504 The Trump administration announced today it plans to implement new rules that will increase demand for ethanol, reversing a decline caused by exemptions given to oil refineries. The proposal follows months of complaints by Midwest farmers, politicians and the ethanol industry that the federal government's granting of waivers to refiners had violated federal law and forced some ethanol plants to close. The Iowa Department of Transportation has reopened a 10-mile stretch of Interstate

On Tuesday, October 8 th voters will go to the polls in Sioux City to choose a candidate for Sioux City City Council. Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer sat down with the local elected official in charge of the election. Pat Gill is the Woodbury County Auditor and Commissioner of Elections. He talked about the upcoming primary election and a decision by an Iowa judge surrounding the 2017 voting reform law. The website for more information about the election check out website: www

100319 504 Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said recent reports of respiratory illnesses caused by e-cigarettes are alarming, and she said the state is looking at what it can do in response. Taking questions from reporters at a news conference on Wednesday, Reynolds said she's working with the Iowa Department of Public Health to continue collecting data on the illnesses. Twenty-three cases (and no deaths) of respiratory illness linked to vaping have been reported in Iowa. Eighteen of Iowa's reported cases

The Sioux City Art Center recently held a grand reopening on September 28, 2019 to show the public the newly renovated facility and feature the new Gilcrest Learning Center. Part of the renovation includes an updated “Hands on! Gallery”. The Junior League of Sioux City was instrumental in opening the gallery back in 1997. Junior League Committee Chair for the “Hands on! Gallery” Rhonda Henry showed Siouxland Public Media’s Sheila Brummer (who is also a Junior League member) around the children’s