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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

Special report by Siouxland Public Media's Mae Macfarlane. Every Thursday morning during the summer, if you were to enter the playground at Clark Early Childhood center, you would be greeted with a spray of water, muddy vegetables, and a group of gardening kindergarteners. Kristina McGrain, a special-education teacher at Clark, is one of the founding teachers of the Clark Garden Club. Teachers like McGrain are in charge of this program which is designed to include students in a hands-on learning

We talk with 4th district democratic candidate JD Scholten about his second try at winning the race against veteran incumbent Steve King. King has held the seat for 17 years but when he was challenged last year by Scholten, King won by only 3 points. We take an in-depth look at the case of the Iowa man on the list of federal death row inmates set to be executed in January. Retired federal judge Mark Bennet presided over the trial of Dustin Honken and talks about the case with Siouxland Public

A few Democratic hopefuls for president plan to stop in Sioux City over the next couple of days. New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will appear at the Key Club on 4 th Street tonight at 6:30. She plans to discuss her vision for American. Then tomorrow night California Senator Kamala Harris plans to hold a rally at the Anderson Dance Pavilion. Harris is on a five-day river-to-river bus tour across the state of Iowa. Also, on Thursday night former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper will attend a

A religious activist accused of burning four LGBTQ children's books that he checked out of the Orange City Public Library has been convicted of criminal mischief and fined. Sioux County Attorney Thomas Kunstle says Paul Robert Dorr, of Ocheyedan, was found guilty of the misdemeanor today and ordered to pay $125 in fines and court costs. Dorr posted a video to Facebook in October in which he denounced the Orange City library for having the books and threw them into a burning barrel. Dorr had

080619 504 A man who burned four children’s books from the Orange City Library last year was found guilty of criminal mischief today Sioux County District Court. Paul Dorr was fined $65-dollars plus a 35 percent surcharge and court costs. Last October, Dorr recorded himself on video publicly burning four children’s library books that have lesbian, gay and bisexual themes --- mostly in protest to a pride festival happening in Orange City. In a written statement, Dorr said he burned the books to

080619 404 An Ocheyedan man who burned four L-G-B-T-Q themed children’s library books last year has been ordered to pay a fine for his criminal mischief charge. Paul Dorr was sentenced in Sioux County District Court today (Tuesday). He was ordered to pay $65-dollars plus a 35 percent surcharge and court fees. The fine is the minimum amount for his charge. In October, Dorr recorded himself on video burning four children’s library books with lesbian, gay and bisexual themes. It was mostly in