CONGRESS WILL OFTEN MOVE CAUTIOUSLY IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION YEAR...WHICH MEANS IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO PASS LEGISLATION.

IOWA 5TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING SAYS HE HOPES TO GET A MISSOURI RIVER MANAGEMENT BILL PASSED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS:

KING SAYS WORK WILL ALSO GET STARTED ON A NEW FARM BILL:

KING ALSO HOPES SOMETHING CAN YET BE WORKED OUT ON THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE.

THE CONGRESSMAN SPOKE AT A MONDAY LUNCHEON BEFORE THE DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY ROTARY CLUB.

DAKOTA COUNTY PLAYS HOST TO THE 35TH ANNUAL JOINT MEETING OF THE COUNTY BOARD, CITIES OF SOUTH SIOUX CITY AND DAKOTA CITY AND THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS MONDAY NIGHT.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY ADMINISTRATOR LANCE HEDQUIST HAS ATTENDED THE 34 PREVIOUS MEETINGS:

HEDQUIST SAYS THE LONG HISTORY OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ENTITIES MADE IT EASIER TO RESPOND TO LAST SUMMER'S MISSOURI RIVER FLOOD:

HEDQUIST SAYS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FLOOD RECOVERY ARE AMONG TONIGHT'S TOPICS.

THE EVENT IS THE LONGEST RUNNING ANNUAL JOINT MEETING OF CITY COUNTY AND SCHOOL OFFICIALS IN THE NATION.

THE MEETING TAKES PLACE AT 6PM AT THE OLD DANE GOLF CLUBHOUSE ON HIGHWAY 35 IN DAKOTA CITY.

A SOUTH SIOUX CITY MAN CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO A CHARGE OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER.

53 YEAR OLD JOHN P. BAKER ENTERED HIS PLEA AT AN ARRAIGNMENT MONDAY IN DAKOTA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.

BAKER IS CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF KELLY ALSPACH LAST OCTOBER AT THE HOME THEY SHARED. ALSPACH'S BODY WAS FOUND HIDDEN IN A WINDOW SEAT AT THE HOME.

A PRE TRIAL CONFERENCE HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR FERUARY 28TH AT 1PM IN DAKOTA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT.

BAKER CONTINUES TO BE HELD IN THE DAKOTA COUNTY JAIL ON A MILLION AND HALF DOLLARS BOND.

Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns Monday co-sponsored legislation allowing Congress to vote on granting TransCanada the required permits to begin construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.

Johanns says "The President gives speeches about energy security and creating jobs, but this legislation would actually do it. Our bill approves the pipeline while allowing Nebraska and TransCanada the time they need to find the right route through our state,"

If passed, the measure allows TransCanada to begin pipeline construction outside of Nebraska immediately. Construction in Nebraska would begin only after a route has been approved.

The legislation was introduced by Senator John Hoeven of North Dakota.