WOODBURY COUNTY REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE SEVERAL CHOICES IN LOCAL RACES WHEN THEY VOTE IN THE JUNE 5TH PRIMARY.

THREE CANDIDATES ARE RUNNING FOR THE GOP NOMINATION FOR COUNTY AUDITOR. THEY ARE DOUG BATCHELLER, MARK JENSEN AND CHRIS PIERCE.

JIM BAUERLY, DAVE DREW AND GREG LOGAN ARE RUNNING FOR COUNTY SHERIFF. MIKE HOBART AND LINDA HOLUB FILED FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR DISTRICT ONE COUNTY SUPERVISOR.

ELDON ELIASON, DICK SALEM AND GREG TRUCKE ARE RUNNING IN DISTRICT 3....AND BRIAN ASHLEY AND JUDY DARWIN WILL BATTLE FOR THE GOP NOMINATION FOR THE DISTRICT 5 COUNTY SUPERVISOR'S SEAT.

THE IOWA PRIMARY IS JUNE 5TH.

IOWA DEMOCRATIC 4TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE CHRISTIE VILSACK RAISED NEARLY 400-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HER CAMPAIGN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2012.
VILSACK ALSO HAS OVER 900-THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH ON HAND.

SHE SAYS SHE'S HUMBLED TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF SO MANY IOWANS. VILSACK HAS ANNOUNCED A BI-PARTISAN LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR HER CAMPAIGN THAT INCLUDES SIOUX CITY BUSINESSMAN IRVING JENSEN AND STATE SENATE PRESIDENT JACK KIBBIE OF EMMETSBURG.

The Weinstein Company says the rating for the film documentary "Bully" has been lowered from R to PG-13.

The company says an edited version of the film will be released April 13 with a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America.

The MPAA originally gave the film an R rating for language and declined to change it when the Weinstein Co. appealed. An R rating restricts kids under age 17 from seeing the movie
without an accompanying adult, so the company released the film March 30 in limited release without a rating.

The Weinstein Co. says three uses of an expletive were removed to earn the PG-13 rating.

"Bully" examines school bullying by following five kids over the course of a school year. former East middle school student Alex Libby is one of the students profiled and part of the movie was filmed in Sioux City.  It's directed by Lee Hirsch.

Associated Press contributed to this story

OFFICIALS IN SOUTH SIOUX CITY ARE WONDERING IF THERE WILL BE A SUMMER BOATING SEASON ON THE NEBRASKA SIDE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER THIS YEAR.

CITY ADMINSTRATOR LANCE HEDQUIST SAYS REPAIRS ARE STALLED ON THE CITY BOAT RAMP BECAUSE THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WON'T APPROVE A PROJECT PERMIT BEFORE JULY 1ST:

HEDQUIST SAYS IT'S FRUSTRATING TO HAVE TO WAIT, BECAUSE STARTING IN JULY MEANS WORK WON'T BE COMPLETED UNTIL SUMMER IS ABOUT OVER:

HEDQUIST SAYS THE CITY ENGINEER HAS BEEN CALLING THE CORPS TWICE A WEEK FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITHOUT GETTING A RESPONSE ON THE MATTER.