A PROPOSAL TO PURCHASE THE FORMER CENTRAL CAMPUS AT 1121 JACKSON STREET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BECAUSE OF A ZONING ISSUE WITH THE CITY.

JEFFREY AND BECKY SANDS WANTED TO TRANSFORM THE FORMER CENTRAL ANNEX INTO A STORAGE FACILITY AND OFFERED THE SCHOOL DISTRICT 47-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE BUILDING.

SUPERINTENDENT DR. PAUL GAUSMAN SAYS THE OFFER WAS WITHDRAWN BECAUSE CITY PLANNING AND ZONING HAS AN ISSUE OVER THE POTENTIAL FUTURE USE OF THE PROPERTY IF IT WAS REZONED FOR GENERAL BUSINESS USE. GAUSMAN SAYS THAT PUTS THE BUILDING'S FUTURE IN DOUBT:

CITY SENIOR PLANNER BRENT NELSON SAYS THE ISSUE ISN'T WITH THE STORAGE FACILITY PROPOSAL, BUT RATHER IF THAT BUSINESS WAS LATER SOLD IT COULD BE USED FOR ANOTHER PURPOSE. NELSON SAYS THE CITY WAS TRYING TO RESOLVE THAT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT:

NELSON SAYS HE HOPES A COMPROMISE ON THE RESTRICTIONS CAN STILL BE REACHED WITH THE POTENTIAL BUYERS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. 

OVER 1500 DAKOTA DUNES RESIDENTS WERE WITHOUT POWER EARLY THIS (MONDAY) MORNING.
  

A SPOKESPERSON FOR MID AMERICAN ENERGY SAYS A BREAKER FAILED AROUND 5:15AM DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS, KNOCKING OUT POWER TO 1587 CUSTOMERS INCLUDING KMEG AND KPTH TV.
  

THE POWER WAS RESTORED A LITTLE OVER AN HOUR LATER.

THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT LOCAL SCHOOLS.

THE BOARD VOTED 7-0 TO APPROVE A CONTRACT FOR NEARLY 309-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO REPLACE THE BLEACHERS AT EAST HIGH SCHOOL. THAT WORK WILL TAKE PLACE OVER SUMMER VACATION.

THE BOARD ALSO VOTED TO SPEND 226-THOUSAND DOLLARS ON TWO CONTRACTS FOR ASPHALT REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT AT SEVERAL CITY SCHOOL SITES.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reducing the amount of water released into the Missouri River in light of the heavy rains that fell this weekend in Nebraska and Iowa.

The corps says that releases from the Gavins Point Dam near Yankton, S.D., were lowered from 28,000 cubic feet per second to 26,000 and again Monday to 22,000.

Similar reductions are under way at other upstream reservoirs. 

The corps' Jody Farhat says the reductions are needed to prevent flooding along the Missouri River in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
    

The river is expected to temporarily fall below the navigation target of 31,000 cubic feet per second in Sioux City.