SIOUX CITY POLICE ARE OFFERING A SPECIAL COLLECTIBLE TO HELP RAISE FUNDS FOR A PAIR OF LOCAL CHARITIES.

LT. REX MUELLER SAYS THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION IS OFFERING A SCALE MODEL PATROL CAR TO SUPPORT CAMP HIGH HOPES AND THE STARS RIDING SCHOOL PROGRAM:

THERE ARE ONLY 500 CARS AVAILABLE, WHICH COME MOUNTED IN A DISPLAY CASE FOR TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS. LT. MUELLER SAYS YOU'LL START SEEING MORE FULL SIZE BLACK AND WHITE PATROL CARS ON CITY STREETS IN THE NEAR FUTURE:

THE BLACK AND WHITES WERE LAST USED ON THE STREETS IN 1969.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO PURCHASE A REPLICA CAR, STOP BY THE SIOUX CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT DOWNTOWN.

YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE THEM AT KNOEPFLER CHEVROLET, SIGNS BY TOMORROW AND SIOUX CITY GIFTS/G.R. LINDBLADE & COMPANY

 SIOUX CITY'S 185TH AIR REFUELING WING HAS BEEN BEEN HONORED BY THE NATIONAL GUARD.

THE 185TH HAS RECEIVED THE 2011 AIR FORCE OUTSTANDING UNIT AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT FROM NOVEMBER OF 2009 THROUGH OCTOBER OF 2011.

COLONEL BRIAN MILLER OF THE 185TH SAYS ONLY THE TOP 5 PER CENT OF UNITS RECEIVE THE HONOR:

NEARLY 400 MEMBERS OF THE UNIT DEPLOYED TO 24 COUNTRIES DURING THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD.

COLONEL MILLER SAYS A WELCOME HOME CEREMONY IS ALSO BEING PLANNED FOR GUARD MEMBERS SOMETIME IN MID TO LATE FEBRUARY.

WOODBURY COUNTY IS BEING ASKED TO HELP PROVIDE A TAX BREAK FOR A PROPOSED NEW GRAIN STORAGE PROJECT IN ANTHON.

PROJECT SPOKESPERSON KATHY SHOWALTER SAYS PLATINUM GRAIN IS PROPOSING A FACILITY THAT WOULD START WITH TWO BINS AND EVENTUALLY EXPAND TO GREATER CAPACITY IN THE FUTURE:
  

THAT EMPLOYEE WOULD MAKE 40 TO 60 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR. A COUPLE OF PART TIME JOBS WOULD ALSO BE CREATED.

SHOWALTER HOPES THE COUNTY WILL CREATE A TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT TO HELP MAKE THE PROJECT A REALITY:

THE TIF DISTRICT WOULD CREATE OVER 168-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN NEW REVENUE FOR WOODBURY COUNTY, AND ALSO GIVE PLATINUM GRAIN A 281-THOUSAND DOLLAR TAX BREAK ON THE PROJECT.

COUNTY SUPERVISORS WILL REVISIT THE PROJECT FOR A POSSIBLE VOTE IN TWO WEEKS.

 SIOUX CITY POLICE SAY THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATH OF A 6 MONTH OLD CHILD.

POLICE SAY THEY RESPONDED TO A CALL AT A NORTHSIDE IN-HOME DAYCARE LAST THURSDAY OF A CHILD NOT BREATHING.

6 MONTH OLD PEYTON POTTEBAUM WAS TRANSPORTED TO ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL WHERE MEDICAL STAFF DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD SUSTAINED A SERIOUS INJURY.

POTTEBAUM WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO OMAHA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED SATURDAY.

THE IOWA MEDICAL EXAMINER PERFORMED AN AUTOPSY MONDAY.

POLICE SAY THEY ARE AWAITING THOSE RESULTS AND NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED IN THE CASE. THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING.