Sioux City News

By: Hollie Hojek hhojek@kcautv.com Is caffeine your drug of choice? Well if you said 'yes', you're probably not alone.

Sioux City Entertainment, the casino developer, made its first payment of four million dollars to the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission It's the first of five payments that will be made to the state over the next four years to satisfy the casino license fee granted on April 18th.

Thursday night, there will be a relief effort event in Siouxland to help the people of Moore, Oklahoma.

THIS SATURDAY IS NATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN'S DAY. THE SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO PARTICIPATE BY TALKING WITH THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT "STRANGER DANGER" SGT RYAN BERTRAND SAYS IT'S CRITICAL THAT PARENTS TAKE THE TIME TO GO OVER SAFETY ISSUES WITH THEIR KIDS: OF THAT TOTAL NUMBER, AROUND 200-THOUSAND ARE ABDUCTED BY FAMILY ... (more)

The Iowa legislature has approved an education plan that would provide additional school funding.

Officials are blaming an outbreak of norovirus for an illness that sickened dozens of students at a Sioux City elementary school.

Jeremy Barnes had two extra base hits, helping the New Jersey Jackals to a 9-6 victory over the Sioux City Explorers on Tuesday at Lewis and Clark Park.

Before it touched town, Marilyn Wolfe was taking her Norman, Oklahoma elementary students to the National Weather Center in town.

Mapleton, Iowa has made a remarkable recovery since a tornado touched down two years ago.

The images from Oklahoma hit close to home for residents in Mapleton, Iowa. Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto principal Mahlon Carothers came home two years ago to find his home ravaged by an E-F-3 tornado.

The Sioux City Explorers are a diverse team, with players speaking English, Spanish and Japanese.

After graduation, students inevitably go their separate ways. So, the senior class at Harlan High School wanted to leave a lasting on impression on graduation day.

The Sioux City Explorers pitching staff was knocked around Monday night, as the New Jersey Jackals pounded out 17 hits in a 13-5 win.

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Based on a survey of 227 college men from what the report called "a large Midwestern university," most of the respondents white and heterosexual, the study found that men who were most aware of their appearance were more likely to be ashamed of their bodies and less likely to be hopeful about developing social and romantic relationships.

It is the largest Powerball jackpot in history. Even though more people are playing and more money is at stake, the odds are always the same: 1 in 175,000,000. Sure, people say they understand.

Recognition isn't the goal of the Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools LiF Team, but in June the team will receive the 2013 Governor's Volunteer Award.

The High Plains and Rockies from Montana to western Nebraska and New Mexico are in the grip of a serious drought.

If Council Bluffs is to bring home a Class 4-A medal from this week's state track meet, it is most likely to come in the boys discus.

In Des Moines, the temperature reached 94 degrees, breaking the old record of 93 from 1988.