Sioux County News

Jose Topete-Duenas was convicted of second-degree sexual abuse in Sioux County and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has dismissed a sex abuse charge against a man accused of fondling a 9-year-old girl.

The body of a Sioux Center man was found Monday night at a camping and fishing area two miles east of Sioux Center.

Authorities say a 78-year-old man is dead after he was pulled from a pond near Sioux Center in northwest Iowa.

Officials in Sioux County received a call Monday evening from the family of a 78 year old man, who didn't return home from an afternoon fishing trip.

The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest in the suffocation of 3,800 pigs at a hog operation near Hull in northwest Iowa.

The Humane Society of the United States is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information leading to the arrest in the suffocation of 3,800 pigs at a hog operation near Hull in northwest Iowa.

Two area men face burglary charges filed by Sheldon police. Authorities say 39 year old Jeremy Rutledge from Doon and 31 year old Chad Herring both are charged with two counts of third degree burglary.

Nearly 4,000 hogs suffocated in a building at a hog confinement operation in Sioux County, Iowa.

Authorities suspects vandals caused 3,800 pigs to suffocate in a building at a hog confinement operation near Hull in northwest Iowa.

AUTHORITIES ISSUED WRITTEN INFORMATION THAT TODD HASCHE OF RURAL ROCK RAPIDS FRIDAY REPORTED CONTROLS TO A HOG CONFINEMENT AIRFLOW SYSTEM HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH.

Vandalism at a hog confinement in Sioux County leads to the death of thousands of hogs.

LE MARS POLICE CHIEF STUART DEKKENGA SAYS THE NEW WAY TO DISTRIBUTE PUBLIC INFORMATION IS THROUGH NIXLE.

You can now get free alerts from the police on your cell phone and e-mail. The Le Mars Police Department recently signed up for Nixle, a free program that allows community groups like law enforcement agencies to provide up-to-the-minute updates to the general public.

Dickinson County Emergency Management services are preparing for the onslaught of winter weather with a new delivery system unveiled late this summer.

THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTS A SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE DRIVEN BY 16-YEAR-OLD COLE WOBBEMA OF IRETON WAS APPROACHING A RURAL INTERSECTION AND MET A SEMI TANKER TRAILER LOADED WITH MANURE.

Devin De Weerd, 19, a student at Iowa State University and a Sioux County 4-H member, has earned the Healthy Iowa Emerging Leader Award.

A Hull man is arrested after a short pursuit with a Sioux County Sheriff's Deputy.

CITY ADMINISTRATOR SCOTT LANGEL SAYS THE OFFICIAL CENSUS COUNTS EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD.

ACCORDING TO WRITTEN INFORMATION FROM THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 33-YEAR OLD CHRISTINE JARMAN OF SPENCER WAS NORTHBOUND ON HIGHWAY 60 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.