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050619 532 The Sioux City Council will be asked today to approve site plans for three U.S. Cellular cell towers. The network build-out is part of the telecommunications company's expansion into Sioux City. U.S. Cellular said last month that it expects to add about 30 total cell sites in Sioux City and the surrounding area, with only five being new tower builds within the city. In February, the council denied U.S. Cellular's site plan for a 130-foot cell tower at 2015 W. Sixth St. because the

050619 504 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg (BOO'-tuh-juhj) has hired four staffers in Iowa and three in New Hampshire as he works to build on the momentum his campaign has seen in recent weeks. None of the Iowa hires has top-level experience on a presidential, federal or statewide campaign there. But the South Bend, Indiana, the mayor got a late start in the 2020 race and there already was a large primary field of candidates. Much of the top talent in Iowa has signed on with

050619 432 The trial for a homeless man accused of killing a former Iowa State University female golfer has been moved to northeast Iowa. A judge today agreed to set trial for the Winneshiek County Courthouse in Decorah on Sept. 10. Twenty-two year old Collin Richards was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Celia Barquín Arozamena. She was the 2018 Big 12 Conference women's golf champion and Iowa State Female Athlete of the Year. The civil engineering student was found dead with

050619 404a The Sioux City Council will be asked today to approve site plans for three U.S. Cellular cell towers . The network build-out is part of the telecommunications company's expansion into Sioux City. U.S. Cellular said last month that it expects to add about 30 total cell sites in Sioux City and the surrounding area, with only five being new tower builds within the city. Two stores are also expected to open later this year in Sioux City. In February, the council denied U.S. Cellular's

Vermont Senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders wrapped up his latest swing across Iowa last night. He spoke to a crowd of a few hundred last night at the Orpheum Theatre in Sioux City. “ Tragically instead of seeing good paying jobs, education and health care coming to our rural communities, we are far too often seeing despair, depression and people losing hope. Sanders repeated common themes like Medicare for all and investing in rural America. Sanders credits Iowa for launching his

050319 432 Wearing yellow boots and lime green vests, state officials toured flooded sections of downtown Davenport today (fri). Mayor Frank Klipsch was the guide for Governor Kim Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg, and 2nd District Congressman Dave Loebsack. Several blocks lined with businesses and apartments have been surrounded by Mississippi River floodwater since a temporary floodwall failed on Tuesday. The temporary floodwall protecting this section of downtown Davenport had held

050319 404 U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), joined by her fellow Iowa Senator, Chuck Grassley, is urging the Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps) to immediately address communications shortcomings that were brought to light during and after the disastrous flood events in Southwest Iowa. That’s after a Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee field hearing she hosted and chaired in Glenwood last month, Today, Senators Ernst and Grassley along with several other Senators from states in

A friend of a 19-year-old Sioux City resident accused of stabbing to death his ex-girlfriend and another man testified that the defendant said he wanted to talk to the girl about their breakup and that he needed closure. The defendant, Tran Walker, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. He's accused of killing 17-year-old Paiten Sullivan and 18-year-old Felipe Negron Jr. Police say Walker was in a car with the other two in January of last year when he stabbed Sullivan and

050219 504 The Mississippi River at the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois has reached a new record high. The National Weather Service website showed the river level at just above the 22.63-foot mark reached on July 9, 1993. Parts of downtown Davenport, remain underwater after the river tore through a temporary barrier. The Air Force is raising its cost estimate to $420 million to repair and replace structures damaged at Nebraska's Offutt Air Force Base following severe flooding that inundated

050219 432 The Mississippi River at the Quad Cities in Iowa and Illinois has reached a new record high. The National Weather Service website this afternoon showed the river level at just above the mark reached on July 9, 1993, when there was massive flooding. Parts of downtown Davenport, Iowa, remain underwater after the river tore through a temporary barrier. Several Mississippi River towns also are seeing floods that are closing in on levels reached in 1993. Two Mississippi River bridges have