THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL BOARD WILL SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED NEW WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TONIGHT.

THE BOARD WILL VOTE ON APPROVING THE PLAN FOR THE NEARLY 15 MILLION DOLLAR SCHOOL THAT WILL EVENTUALLY REPLACE THE ROOSEVELT AND EMERSON BUILDINGS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE NEW SCHOOL WILL LIKELY TAKE PLACE FEBRUARY 27TH.

THE BOARD WILL ALSO VOTE ON A 287-THOUSAND DOLLAR BID TO REPLACE THE BLEACHERS IN EAST HIGH SCHOOL'S GYMNASIUM.

THEY'LL ALSO DISCUSS ADDING 7TH GRADE FOOTBALL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE TO THE CURRENT MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS PROGRAM.

An Orange City nurse died in a skiing accident at the Terry Peak resort in western South Dakota's Black Hills.

Authorities said 24-year-old Tina Heilman hit a ski lift tower Saturday as she was skiing down a beginner's slope at the resort.

Terry Peak President Tom Marsing says the woman was a novice skier and she wasn't wearing a helmet.

A family friend says Heilman worked as a nurse in Sioux Falls. She was a graduate of Dordt College, a Christian college in Sioux Center, Iowa.
    

The college's president says Heilman worked in the college's service missionary program in the Dominican Republic three years ago.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE A FULL AGENDA TO DISCUSS AT A RETREAT SESSION ON SATURDAY MORNING.

CITY ADMINISTRATOR LANCE HEDQUIST SAYS THE COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF ARE LOOKING TO THE FUTURE OF THE CITY AND HOW TO BEST SPEND TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

FLOOD RECOVERY, STREET REPAIR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MANY OTHER ISSUES ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSED:

IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS THE COUNCIL HAS HELD THIS TYPE OF MEETING..... WHICH WILL BE HELD IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS BEGINNING AT 8AM.

COUNTY SUPERVISORS FROM AROUND IOWA GATHERED IN DES MOINES THURSDAY TO DISCUSS STATE LEGISLATION THAT WILL IMPACT THEIR BUDGETS.

A STATE PROPOSAL TO SHIFT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING COSTS  TO REGIONAL GROUPS OF COUNTIES WAS AT THE TOP OF THEIR AGENDA.

WOODBURY COUNTY BOARD CHAIRWOMAN JACKIE SMITH SAYS THE SUPERVISORS TOLD STATE OFFICIALS THAT THE COUNTIES NEED A VOICE IN HOW MENTAL HEALTH CARE WILL BE FUNDED IN THE STATE.

SMITH SAYS THE COUNTIES PASSED A POSITION STATEMENT THAT APPROVES SWITCHING MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM OVERSIGHT TO REGIONS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL COUNTIES:

THREE OTHER WOODBURY SUPERVISORS, GEORGE BOYKIN, LARRY  CLAUSEN AND MARK MONSON VOTED AGAINST THE RESOLUTION BECAUSE OF FUNDING CONCERNS.

A MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING PLAN HAS YET TO BE FINALIZED BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.