THE SIOUX CITY POLICE NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS, PERHAPS FOR GOOD.

OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY HAVE BEEN TRAINED IN COMBATTING METH THERE FOR THE PAST 14 YEARS.

POLICE CHIEF DOUG YOUNG SAYS THE CENTER CLOSED JANUARY 1ST BECAUSE OF A LACK OF FEDERAL FUNDING:

YOUNG SAYS SINCE ALL FUNDING SOURCES HAVE DRIED UP, HE'S HAD TO MOTHBALL THE CENTER.

HE SAYS THOUSANDS OF OFFICERS BENEFITTED FROM THE ANTI-DRUG TRAINING THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE TO THEM ELSEWHERE:

THE CHIEF SAYS THE CENTER, LOCATED SOUTH OF THE CITY, WILL STILL BE USED FOR REGULAR TRAINING FOR SIOUX CITY OFFICERS:

YOUNG SAYS THE SERGEANT ASSIGNED TO OVERSEE THE CENTER HAS BEEN SWITCHED TO OTHER DUTIES WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

One person is dead and another seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash in Union County Wednesday evening.

A spokesman with the South Dakota State Patrol says 92 year old Lawrence Brewer of Elk Point failed to stop at a stop sign and collided with another pickup at a Highway 50 intersection near Junction City.

Brewer was ejected from his vehicle and died at the scene. The other driver, 36 year old Jerod Welch of Westfield, Iowa, suffered what authorities say are serious but not life-threatening injuries.

SIOUX CITY FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUE TO BATTLE A STUBBORN GRASS FIRE NEAR THE WAR EAGLE MONUMENT.

SEVERAL UNITS WERE DISPATCHED TO WAR EAGLE PARK AROUND THE NOON HOUR.

DRY CONDITIONS HAVE HELPED FUEL THE FIRE AND ARE MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO CONTAIN THE BLAZE.

NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.  

MUCH OF THE CITY OF LE MARS WAS IN THE DARK EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING AFTER A SUBSTATION SERVING THE CITY FAILED.

MID AMERICAN ENERGY SPOKESPERSON TINA POTTHOFF SAYS AROUND 2100 CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY LOST POWER AROUND 5PM.

POTTHOFF SAYS REPAIR CREWS HAD THE LIGHTS BACK ON FOR ALL CUSTOMERS BY 6:40PM.

AS OF 7:35PM, A CAUSE FOR THE OUTAGE HAD NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED.