SOUTH SIOUX CITY RESIDENTS MAY START NOTICING THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS LOOKING A LITTLE IN NEED OF A RAZOR IN DAYS TO COME.
THE CITY IS PREPARING FOR IT'S 125TH ANNIVERSARY AND PART OF THAT INCLUDES A BEARD GROWING CONTEST. FESTIVAL SPOKESPERSON DEANNA BEEKMAN SAYS THE BEARD GROWING HAS JUST BEGUN:
BEEKMAN SAYS THE ACTUAL CLEBRATION WILL TAKE PLACE IN AUGUST:
MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CELEBRATION WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS THE DATE DRAWS CLOSER.
A TORNADO ONE YEAR AGO TODAY BROUGHT SIOUXLANDERS AND IOWANS TOGETHER TO REBUILD THE TOWN OF MAPLETON.
THE TWISTER DAMAGED OR DESTROYED MORE THAN 140 HOMES, INJURED A DOZEN PEOPLE, YET THERE WERE NO FATALITIES.
IT DID SOME DAMAGE TO MAPLE VALLEY ANTHON OTO'S ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL BUILDINGAS WELL, BUT THANKS TO VOLUNTEER RESPONSE, THE SCHOOL WASN'T CLOSED FOR LONG.
THE TORNADO HAD WINDS IN EXCESS OF 130 MILES-PER-HOUR AND MEASURED THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE ACROSS AT ONE POINT AFTER IT LEFT A PATH OF DESTRUCTION THREE AND A HALF MILES LONG.
AROUND FOUR-THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS RAISED THURSDAY NIGHT IN A BENEFIT DINNER AT SOHO'S TO HELP PAY FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES FOR KCAU-TV NEWS ANCHOR LARRY WENTZ.
WENTZ IS RECOVERING IN AN OMAHA HOSPITAL AFTER UNDERGOING A LIVER TRANSPLANT LAST MONTH.
HIS WIFE LOLA SAYS THEY ARE OVERWHELMED BY THE SHOW OF SUPPORT FROM THEIR FRIENDS:
SHE SAYS LARRY IS CONTINUING HIS RECOVERING FROM THE SURGERY, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A LENGHTY PROCESS:
LARRY WENTZ IS EXPECTED TO BE HOSPITALIZED ANOTHER SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS AND SENDS HIS THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR SUPPORT FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
TWO COMPANIES WITH LOCAL TIES ARE AMONG THE TOP FOUR CREDITORS FOR A PENNSYLVANIA BASED MEAT COMPANY THAT FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY.
A-F-A FOODS FILED FOR PROTECTION MONDAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN DELEWARE BLAMING A LOSS OF BUSINESS ON THE NATIONAL CONTROVERSY OVER LEAN FINELY TEXTURED BEEF.
COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THE COMPANY OWES OVER FOUR AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS TO BEEF PRODUCTS INCORPORATED OF DAKOTA DUNES.
A-F-A ALSO OWES OVER THREE-POINT-TWO MILLION DOLLARS TO TYSON FOODS.
THE COMPANY PRODUCES READY MADE BEEF PATTIES AND EMPLOYS AROUND 850 FULLTIME WORKERS.
