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Friday, the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Office conducted a targeted traffic enforcement project from 8 AM to noon. Four additional deputies were out along Iowa 60 and U.S. 75, focusing on speeding, seatbelt use, and distracted driving. This resulted in 11 citations, including two for speeding, and two for seatbelt use – and 40 warnings, including ten for speeding and three for seatbelt use. This project is funded in part by a grant from the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau. Iowa has had 154 fatality crashes this year. In 43% of those crashes, a seatbelt was not used.
City Of Manning Donating A Newly Developed Lot To The IKM-Manning School District
The Manning City Council has approved donating one of the Stadium View Drive lots to the IKM-Manning School District for the school’s upcoming trade project. Back in June, the school district approved partnering up with Manning Municipal Utilities (MMU) to provide students with a work-based learning of the different trades used when constructing a new house. The City of Manning will donate one of the lots from the Stadium View pocket neighborhood to be the permanent location for the students’ project. Once completed, the house will become available for purchase by interested buyers. The other homes in the neighborhood are currently being designed and constructed by Origin Homes, a custom-home building contractor based out of West Des Moines. Those interested in learning more about the work-based learning school program can call Jeremey Carroll at MMU at 712-655-3905, or questions about the Stadium View Drive lots available can be directed to City Administrator Dawn Meyer at 712-655-2176.
Rock Valley schools set plan for new school year
ROCK VALLEY, Iowa (Sioux County Radio) - The school year will begin a couple of weeks late in Rock Valley this fall as the community recovers from flooding. According to Sioux County Radio, classrooms aren’t expected to be ready on time. Students in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade will start classes at Trinity Christian Reformed Church. Third, fourth, and fifth graders will start in cleaned and sanitized, but unfinished, classrooms.
Heelan baseball takes nail-biting path into 3A State Tournament
(Sioux City) -- It took a pair of walk-off extra-inning wins, but the Bishop Heelan Catholic baseball team is in the Class 3A State Tournament. The Crusaders' (32-10) are in the state tournament for the 20th time but making their first trip since 2019. "We're obviously thrilled to get another...
Owner says Southpark Mall in Spencer will reopen after flooding
Southpark Mall, a retail hub in Spencer that was hit by flash flooding a month ago, will reopen according to an executive with the company that owns the property. “We’re looking for all of our tenants to come back,” Steven Williams, a senior vice president for Security National Properties, said. “We have commitment from all of our nationals and anchors. They are heavily involved in construction and coordinating with us right now to get these stores open as soon as possible for the local residents. We know they need places to shop and we are pushing to get this mall back open so we can serve the local community.”
Sioux Center Parks envisions future projects
SIOUX CENTER—Sioux Center’s business community got the inside scoop during the July 10 Chamber of Commerce meeting on the recent activities and planning for the next few years done by Lee Van Meeteren and his crew at the Sioux Center Parks Department. As parks director, Van Meeteren oversees...
Storm Lake has a complicated history with abortion
Back in the good ol’ days, when everything was more wholesome, Storm Lake was an abortion center. Dr. James Alva Swallum was The City Beautiful’s most prominent physician, founding a hospital on the lakeshore with other local doctors called Swallum Hospital. It is now the site of Methodist Manor Retirement Community. Swallum was a famed […] The post Storm Lake has a complicated history with abortion appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.
CARGILL EXPANSION PROJECT RECEIVES BOOST FROM STATE
THE IOWA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY HAS APPROVED TAX BENEFITS THROUGH THE HIGH QUALITY JOBS PROGRAM FOR AN EXPANSION AT SIOUX CITY’S CARGILL PLANT LOCATED IN THE 11TH AND STEUBEN STREET AREA. THE COMPANY PLANS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW BUILDING, MAKE UPGRADES AND ADD ADDITIONAL RAIL SERVICE TO EXPAND THEIR...
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