Old Missouri Trail 2 061019 A marker for a long-forgotten trail was dedicated in Sioux City’s War Eagle Park Sunday afternoon. The Old Missouri Trail Monument marks a Native American and fur trappers’ trail that was being used long before white people settled the area. The monument was first unveiled in May 1928 by the Martha Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The DAR’s Elizabeth Rosenbaum said the boulder was identified last May after Sioux City Journal retired

060719 532 From St. Louis to just north of Sioux City, the Missouri River is now closed to all commercial and recreational vessels. The US Coast Guard says the closure is due to existing hazards such as drift and high water. Boats may cause damage to or overtopping of levees. The closure will remain in effect until water levels decrease to a safe condition. Vessels being used for flood mitigation or restoration and fortification of levees may continue to operate, but minimize their wake to the

060719 504 The Missouri River is closed to all commercial and recreational vessels, from St. Louis to just north of Sioux City, mile marker 750. The US Coast Guard says the closure is due to existing hazards such as drift and high water. Boats may cause damage to or overtopping of levees. The closure will remain in effect until water levels decrease to a safe condition. Untreated wastewater has stopped flowing into the Little Sioux River at Cherokee County. The Iowa Department of Natural

060719 432 A northwest Iowa city discharging untreated wastewater into the Little Sioux River has contracted with a manure hauler to stop the releases. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the hauler is pumping wastewater from the city of Quimby’s lift station into a tanker and transporting it across the river into the city’s lagoon. State environmental officials estimate at least 15,000 gallons of untreated wastewater was going into the river each day from a city sewer line break. The

060719 404 USDA forecasters say Iowa may have cooler-than-normal temperatures and much less rainfall throughout June. But, that’s not necessarily good for farmers. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub in Ames, says the rainy spell we’ve been enduring for months is over. Todey says much of the month ahead will be cooler than usual and may not bring Iowa’s acres of corn and soybeans the warmth they need to mature. Todey says the area could still have a lot of

060719 404 USDA forecasters say Iowa may have cooler-than-normal temperatures and much less rainfall throughout June. But, that’s not necessarily good for farmers. Meteorologist Dennis Todey, director of the USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub in Ames, says the rainy spell we’ve been enduring for months is over. Todey says much of the month ahead will be cooler than usual and may not bring Iowa’s acres of corn and soybeans the warmth they need to mature. Todey says the area could still have a lot of

060719 1206‘ The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says we can expect increased runoff for the Upper Missouri River Basin this year because snow is melting very slowly The forecast for the upper basin this year is now nearly 200 percent above average. The Corps’ Kevin Grode (GROE-dee) says if that level is reached, 2019 would be the second highest runoff year on record in more than 120 years. ((0606grode 0:16) While there are many comparisons to 2011, the big difference between 2019 and 2011 is that

060619 504 The Iowa Boards of Regents today decreed that In-state students at the University of Iowa and Iowa State will be paying nearly four percent more in tuition costs beginning this fall. The Board approved a proposed tuition increase for Iowa's public universities today. This action is the first in a planned five-year tuition model that was years in the making." Out-of-state students attending ISU would pay about 5-percent more, and at Iowa, they would pay about a percent more in tuition.

060619 432 Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is back at work after a trip to the hospital today. Reynolds experienced chest pain earlier today and out of an abundance of caution went to the emergency room to seek medical care. The governor was seen by a physician. Her blood tests, chest x-rays, and electrocardiogram (EKG) test were all normal. She has been released from the hospital and is back working at the Capitol. In-state students at the University of Iowa and Iowa State will be paying nearly four

060619 404 In-state students at the University of Iowa and Iowa State will be paying nearly four percent more in tuition costs beginning this fall. The Iowa Board of Regents approved a proposed tuition increase for Iowa's public universities today. Out-of-state students attending ISU would pay about 5-percent more, and at Iowa, they would pay about a percent more in tuition. Base tuition levels at the University of Northern Iowa remained flat, to help UNI compete for students. This action is the