Lane highway 20 across the state. The governor appeared at a final forty event this afternoon at the Convention Center with Lieutenant Governor kim reynolds and officials from the Iowa Department of transportation. They say the improvements will increase mobility for citizens and boost Economic Development across northwest iowa. About 40 miles of highway 20 still needs to be finished in ida, sac and woodbury counties. 3 3 plans to build a proposed multi Million Dollar Ag Expo Center in sioux city may be in jeopardy tonight. The chairman of the Woodbury County board of supervisors says the board has been blindsided by news theyll be asked to contribute two Million Dollars to help build the facility. Last night the City Council Approved two million in funding for the project and donated 12 acres of land in the old stockyard area. 3 weve never had a discussion thats ever come close to two million. We havent had a discussion about the amount we might give. Im quite fearful that the mayor p
Get more information on where its money for Mental Health services is going. The budget for the sioux rivers regional Mental Health and Disability Services agency came out in september. 3. 5 Million Dollars of that budget comes from Woodbury County taxpayers. And supervisors chairman mark monson says he simply does not understand where the dollars are going. Monson says he wants a more detailed budget report from the agency. 3 my recommendation is to get a budget analyst with the regional guy that does the budget and put it together in a form that all the supervisors can understand. 3 the board is holding off on filling two positions due to budget issues. And say they will not reconsider until the budget is more clear. The proposed ag expo building was also a topic of discussion tonight. Monson says the board was blindsided by city council and that may affect their decision for financial assistance. 3 weve never had a discussion thats ever come close to two million. We havent had a dis
Month. Prosecutors say feauto was driving drunk in august of last year when his pick truck crashed into a car near breda, iowa. Bailey jacobsen and lindsey quirk, both 16 and both of wall lake, iowa, were killed in the collision. The judge says he has some things to take into consideration before making the final sentencing. Feautos Attorney Says after review of the pre sentence report and victim impact statements, a number of questions have been raised. The sentencing is now set for january 19th at 10 am at the sac county courthouse. An, unusual sight this time of year, parts of siouxland under Flood Warnings tonight. That includes the Little Sioux River and the communities of spencer and linn grove, iowa. Plus, calhoun, crawford, carroll and sac counties all under a Flood Warning until 10 45 tomorrow morning. Parts of sac city were under water today. Riverside campground looked like a aond. And d e surrounding neighborhoods had flowing water in their backyards. The corn fields surrou
Storm lake have been charged with kidnapping the children. In an effort to hide them from authorities. The ordeal began december 6th when Storm Lake Police tried to help the Iowa Department of Human Services enforce a court order to remove the 3 year old and 1 year old girls from the home. So their well being could be evaluated. 3 the children werent there, and no members of the family would cooperate. This morning banks was jailed for contempt of a search of the grandmothers home resulted in her arrest for conspiring to send the children out of state. An alert was sent out advising the childrens lives may be in danger. Just after 6 tonight. Storm lake Police Confirmed the girls have been found safe. Banks is being held without bond. Pamons bond is set at 20 thousand dollars. 3 3 the cost of getting caught by one of those red light or speed cameras in sioux city may be going down. The cameras have been at the center of various s lawsuits over their legalitytytonighgh the Council Agreed
Branstads time at terrace hill, making him the longest serving governor in our nations history. George clinton served as governor of new york for 21 years, said iowa gov. Terry branstad. Today, i surpass his days in office. No, this is surreal, i never imagined it would happen. Creating a field of opportunities for those living in the Hawkeye State all started in the small Northern Iowa town of leland. Well, i grew up on a small farm in Winnebago County and learned to work hard at an early age, said branstad. Roots that resonate with iowans from sioux city to dubuque. With an overall election record of 190, making history isnt new to the head of the Hawkeye State. Only 35 years old at the time, branstad won his first Gubernatorial Race in 1982, becoming the youngest serving governor in state history. More than 33 years later, 21 spent working in the office of the governor, branstad says theres more work to be done well continue to bring more good jobs to iowa and diversyfying the econo