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083019 404 The Democratic National Committee recommends Iowa scrap its plans for telephone-based virtual caucuses next year, citing security concerns. they had asked the state party to make Iowa’s first-in-the-nation ’s caucuses more accessible. The caucuses are regularly criticized for not being inclusive. And the Iowa Democratic Party came up with a plan in February to give participants the opportunity to make decisions via phone. Troy Price is the state party chair. The DNC got to a point

The Democratic National Committee will recommend scrapping state plans to offer virtual, telephone-based caucuses in 2020 due to security concerns, sources tell The Associated Press. The final choice whether to allow virtual caucuses in Iowa and Nevada is up to the party's powerful Rules and Bylaws Committee. The state parties had planned to allow some voters to cast caucus votes over the telephone in February 2020 instead of showing up at traditional caucus meetings. Iowa and Nevada created the

082919 532 Local law enforcement is warning state and federal officials that meth is increasingly an issue in rural Iowa. Prosecutors, investigators, and officers met with Governor Kim Reynolds and White House Drug Czar Jim Carroll on Thursday. Iowa Department of Public Safety Commissioner Stephan Bayens [STEVEN BAY-yenz] told them the drug trade is changing in rural communities. For the first time in my law enforcement career, rural Iowans no longer are coming to the metropolitan areas like Des

082919 432 This afternoon at five p.m. is the deadline for local candidates to file to run for local offices in Sioux City and the school district. Veteran Sioux City school board members Mike McTaggart and Jackie Warnstadt won't run for re-election this fall. Miyuki Nelson, who was appointed by the board to fill an unexpired term last year, will seek her first four-year term. First-term member David Gleiser said last week he's not ready to make a decision on reelection, as he mulls his family

082919 404 This afternoon at five p.m. is the deadline for local candidates to file to run for local offices in Sioux City and the school district. So far, Sioux City Mayor Bob Scott is running for reelection. Scott has been mayor of Sioux City for 14 years. Former ESL teacher Maria Rundquist, who teaches Northeast Community College and runs a translation business, is the only other mayoral candidate to file so far. The Woodbury County Auditor’s office says there will be a primary election

An official with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a study is needed to consider changes to flood-control measures along the Missouri River south of Sioux City. A U.S. Senate field hearing took place in North Sioux City yesterday. The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division talked after the meeting. Gen. Peter Helminger says a study could call for actions such as changing the Missouri River channel in the Sioux City area to letting the river spread out and carry

ArtSplash transforms Riverside Park into an oasis for art, food and entertainment this weekend at Riverside Park. One of the artists playing the main stage on Saturday afternoon is Angie Lambrecht the lead singer of Ultra Violet Fever. She’s doing a solo show starting at 3 p.m. Angie shares her insight on music and how she fills the stage with sound.

The pilot of United Flight 232 Al Haynes died on Sunday at the age of 87 after a short illness in Seattle. Captain Haynes was credited with helping save the lives of 184 passengers and crew members after the plane lost an engine and hydraulics over northwest Iowa. A potentially catastrophic situation handled with experience and absolute calm. Woodbury County Emergency Services Director Gary Brown worked through the aftermath of the crash landing that brought him into the path of Al Haynes. He

A LeMars, Iowa man faces charges of OWI and Vehicular Homicide. Thirty-seven year-old Darrick Toel is in the Woodbury County Jail on a $50,000 bond. The one-vehicle crash on July 1 st along Old Lakeport Road killed his cousin Ryan Toel. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed a motion Wednesday to intervene on a proposed expansion of the Dakota Access pipeline that would double the line's capacity. North Dakota regulators have set a public hearing for November 13 th on the proposed expansion. Texas

This week on The Exchange, we remember Capt. Al Haynes, the pilot who saved more than 180 passengers aboard United Flight 232 30 years ago. He died Sunday. We catch up with Neligh, Nebraska farmer Art Tanderup and discuss the likelihood of the TC Energy Pipeline being built after a court ruling prevented a move that would have delayed the project. Tanderup gave some of the land destined for the pipeline to the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska for the planting of their sacred corn. Also, how farmers and