SIOUX CITY FIRE UNITS WERE CALLED TO THE DEAN APARTMENTS SHORTLY BEFORE 1PM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A RESIDENT REPORTED A FIRE.

RESIDENTS AT THE 17TH AND NEBRASKA STREET BUILDING HAD EVACUATED WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED.

OVERCOOKED FOOD IS THE LIKELY CAUSE OF THE FIRE WHICH SENT SMOKE INTO THE OUTER HALLWAY. DAMAGE WAS LIMITED AND NO ONE WAS INJURED.
  

MEALS ON WHEELS HAD SOME SPECIAL HELP DELIVERING LUNCH  AROUND THE SIOUX CITY AREA ON WEDNESDAY.

MAYOR BOB SCOTT VOLUNTEERED HIS TIME TO BRING FOOD TO RESIDENTS SERVED BY THE PROGRAM:

PROGRAM COORDINATOR STAN WISNEWSKI SAYS SEVERAL MAYORS FROM AROUND IOWA HELPED DELIVER MEALS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WEDNESDAY:

IT'S THE SECOND YEAR SIOUX CITY'S MAYOR HAS PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM.

SIOUX CITY WOMEN WHO WERE TRAILBLAZERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE FIELDS WILL TELL THEIR STORIES  TONIGHT (TUESDAY) AT THE PUBLIC MUSEUM.

MUSEUM SPOKESPERSON THERESA WEAVER-BAYSE SAYS IT'S PART OF AN EFFORT TO COLLECT ORAL HISTORIES OF SIGNIFICANT WOMEN AND THEIR ROLES IN LOCAL HISTORY:

AMONG THOSE SPEAKING ARE CAPTAIN LISA CLAEYS OF THE SIOUX CITY POLICE, FORMER MAYOR KAREN VAN DE STEEG AND HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR KAREN MACKEY.

WEAVER-BAYSE SAYS THE MUSEUM ALSO HOPES TO INTERVIEW OTHER TRAILBLAZING LOCAL WOMEN IN THE FUTURE:

THE PROGRAM IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC AT 6PM TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE SIOUX CITY MUSEUM.

A South Sioux City man convicted of stabbing another man in August has been sentenced to seven years in prison.

Andrew Orellana pleaded no contest in January to one count of assault.

The 32 year old was sentenced Monday and must serve at least six years before he can be released. He was also ordered to pay more than $4,200 in restitution to his victim to help cover his medical
expenses.

Police say Orellana stabbed the 19-year-old victim multiple times outside a liquor store in South Sioux City.

From Associated Press