SIOUX CITY RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO VOICE CONCERNS TO LOCAL POLICE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LT. REX MUELLER SAYS THE DEPARTMENT IS HOSTING A CITY WIDE TOWN HALL MEETING:

LT. MUELLER SAYS THE POLICE WILL TALK ABOUT BETTER COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA WITH CITIZENS:

RED LIGHT CAMERAS WILL ALSO BE ON THE AGENDA. THE TOWN HALL MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE SIOUX CITY CONVENTION CENTER BEGINNING AT 7PM WEDNESDAY EVENING.

WHAT PROMISED TO BE A BOON TO NATURAL GAS AND OIL PRODUCERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN NORTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA, NOW SEEMS DOOMED BY THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION  AND THE  EPA. 

IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, THE EPA HAS DRAFTED 588 PAGES OF RESTRICTIONS ON THE PRACTICE OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING OR FRACKING. 

CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING SAYS HE PREDICTED THIS WOULD HAPPEN:

KING VOWS TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT TO PRODUCE CARBON-BASED INDUSTRY.

TRI VIEW AVENUE WILL BE CLOSED AT 7PM TONIGHT IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA BUT WILL RE-OPEN WEDNESDAY MORNING BY 6AM.

THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS CLOSING TRI VIEW TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF THE WESLEY PARKWAY BRIDGE.
   

NO DETOURS WILL BE DESIGNATED FOR TRAFFIC FOR THE OVERNIGHT CLOSING.
 

PLANS ARE MOVING AHEAD ON THE PROPOSED LIBERTY PARK INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF SGT BLUFF IN WOODBURY COUNTY.

THE PLANNING COMMITTEE HELD THEIR SECOND MEETING MONDAY NIGHT. COUNTY SUPERVISOR GEORGE BOYKIN IS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE AND SAYS A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS HAD SUPPORT:

BOYKIN SAYS THE COMMITTEE TALKED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A NEW I-29 EXIT AT LIBERTY PARK, WHILE ALSO KEEPING THE CURRENT PORT NEAL EXIT FOR EXISTING BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS:

BOYKIN SAYS THE COMMITTEE WILL PRESENT THE PLAN TO THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO SELL THEM ON THE NEED FOR TWO I-29 INTERCHANGES.