SIOUX CITY HAS PLENTY OF ATTRACTIONS TO CHECK OUT LIKE THE PUBLIC MUSEUM AND THE DOROTHY PECAUT (PEE-KOE) NATURE CENTER.

AS PART OF NATIONAL TOURISM WEEK, LOCAL RESIDENTS ARE BEING ENCOURAGED TO CHECK OUT THOSE PLACES TO EXPERIENCE WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO OFFER.

ERIKA NEWTON EXPLAINS THE SECOND ANNUAL "TOURIST IN YOUR OWN TOWN PROGRAM":

THOSE PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED IN MID-MAY. IF YOU NEED A PASSPORT TO PARTICIPATE, YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD ONE ONLINE AT www.visitsiouxcity.org.

TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER THEIR TRENCHING MACHINE HIT A GAS LINE IN RURAL PLYMOUTH COUNTY, CREATING AN EXPLOSION AND MASSIVE FIREBALL.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE VAN OTTERLOO SAYS THE INCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 2PM ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTH OF LE MARS IN A FIELD OFF MARBLE AVENUE:

SHERIFF VAN OTTERLOO SAYS THE HEAT WAS SO INTENSE THAT CREWS AT FIRST COULD NOT GET CLOSE TO THE FIRE. HE SAYS IT'S FORTUNATE THE BLAST TOOK PLACE AWAY FROM ANY POPULATED AREA:

UTILITY AND FIRE CREWS WERE ABLE TO SHUT DOWN THE GAS LINE AND CONTAIN THE BLAZE IN AROUND AN HOUR.

WITNESSES SAY THE BLAST CREATED A HUGE FIREBALL AND FLAMES AND SMOKE WERE VISIBLE FROM OVER TWO MILES AWAY.

Interview from Monday's Rush Limbaugh Show. Mark Davis hosted for Rush and the guest on the line is Janet Riley, Senior Vice President - Public Affairs at the American Meat Institute.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaBXK81adOI&feature=share

A SIOUX CITY WOMAN IS IN CUSTODY AND ANOTHER ONE INJURED FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING STABBING AROUND 5-AM ON SUMMIT STREET.

POLICE SAY 18 YEAR OLD FLECIONNA REYES IS CHARGED WITH WILLFUL INJURY, A CLASS C FELONY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY REYES ALLEGEDLY STABBED HER SISTER DURING A DOMESTIC ARGUEMENT AT A FAMILY MEMBER'S HOME IN THE 1400 BLOCK OF SUMMIT STREET.

REYES WAS BOOKED INTO THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL. HER SISTERS INJURY WAS DESCRIBED AS NON-LIFE THREATENING