AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION HAS BEEN DETERMINED AS THE CAUSE OF A HOUSE FIRE IN SIOUX CITY LAST WEEK.

SIOUX CITY FIRE RESCUE RESPONDED TO THE STRUCTURE FIRE LAST WEDNESDAY AT 1303 WEST 6TH STREET.

OCCUPANTS NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM AN UPSTAIRS BATHROOM AND SAFELY EXITED THE HOME.

THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND THE ATTIC, WHICH HAD MAJOR FIRE DAMAGE.

THE STRUCTURE WAS RED TAGGED AND THE RED CROSS ASSISTED THE FAMILY WITH HOUSING.

DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL JOE RODRIGUEZ SAYS THE FIRE WAS DUE TO AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION IN THE UPSTAIRS BATHROOM OUTLET AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE ATTIC.

HE REMINDS YOU TO REPLACE YOUR SMOKE ALARM EVERY TEN YEARS, CHANGE ITS BATTERIES TWICE A YEAR AND CHECK THE ALARMS ONCE A MONTH.

THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL BOARD HAS FURTHER NARROWED THE LIST OF POSSIBLE SITES FOR REPLACING BRYANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

BOARD PRESIDENT DOUG BATCHELLER SAYS INDIAN HILLS AND ONE OPTION TO REBUILD AT THE CURRENT BRYANT SITE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OFF THE TABLE:

THE CITY COUNCIL EFFECTIVELY REMOVED LEIF ERICKSON PARK FROM CONSIDERATION EARLIER THIS MONTH,

A SECOND BRYANT OPTION, AS WELL AS SUNKEN GARDENS AND THE FORMER HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL CAMPUS ARE STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION.

BATCHELLER SAYS THE BOARD HAS ALSO ASKED THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION TO LOOK AT OPTIONS INVOLVING CLARK ELEMENTARY:

BATCHELLER SAYS A LARGER HOOVER SCHOOL WOULD COMBINE PARTS OF FOUR CURRENT SCHOOLS AND HOLD 800 TO 900 STUDENTS:

THAT COULD BE COMBINED WITH A REPLACEMENT FOR HUNT SCHOOL AT THE OLD ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL SITE:

THE SCHOOL BOARD MET IN STUDY SESSION THURSDAY MORNING AND WILL FORMALLY VOTE ON THE NEW LIST OF OPTIONS MONDAY NIGHT.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY POLICE ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION OF A SHOOTING TUESDAY NIGHT THAT SERIOUSLY WOUNDED A 25 YEAR OLD MAN.
   

THAT INCIDENT OCCURRED IN THE 400 BLOCK OF EAST 20TH STREET. THERE POLICE FOUND THE VICTIM WHO HAD BEEN SHOT THREE TIMES BY AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT.

THE VICTIM REMAINS HOSPITALIZED AND POLICE SAY THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO INTERVIEW HIM YET BECAUSE OF HIS INJURIES. HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.

AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARE LOOKING FOR TWO SUSPECTS IN THE CASE. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CONTACT THE SOUTH SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL BOARD HAS RECEIVED PRELIMINARY RESULTS ON SOIL TESTING CONDUCTED IN THE SUNKEN GARDENS AREA NEAR HUBBARD PARK.

THAT AREA IS BEING CONSIDERED AS A POSSIBLE SITE FOR A NEW ELEMENTARY FACILITY TO REPLACE BRYANT SCHOOL.

SUPERINTENDENT DR. PAUL GAUSMAN SAYS INITIAL TEST RESULTS SHOW NO NEGATIVE ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT:

GAUSMAN SAYS THE AREA IS STILL A POSSIBILITY FOR EITHER A REPLACEMENT FOR BRYANT AND ALSO A PLAN B FOR A BUILDING TO REPLACE HUNT ELEMENTARY...BUT MORE STUDY IS NEEDED:

THE SCHOOL BOARD IS LOOKING AT THE FORMER ST. JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL SITE USED BY THE BOYS AND GIRLS HOME AS A POSSIBLE SITE FOR A NEW HUNT SCHOOL.