NEW YEAR'S BABIES ARRIVE IN SIOUX CITY

IT TOOK AWHILE, BUT EACH OF SIOUX CITY'S HOSPITALS HAVE THEIR FIRST BABY OF THE NEW YEAR. THE FIRST BABY AT ST. LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ARRIVED AT 8;59 PM ON JANUARY 1ST.

THE SEVEN POUND EIGHT OUNCE BOY IS NAMED LAKOTA JOHN BELL, AND WAS BORN TO JESSICA ANDERSON AND MARVIN BELL OF SIOUX CITY.

MERCY MEDICAL CENTER HAD THEIR FIRST NEWBORN AT 12:01PM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2ND. HE IS ALSO A BOY, LIAM GILL, SEVEN POUNDS, SIX OUNCES, WAS BORN TO JESSICA AND TYLER GILL.

EVERYONE IS REPORTED TO BE DOING FINE AT BOTH HOSPITALS.