THURSDAY IS A BIG DAY AT SIOUX CITY'S SALVATION ARMY ON VILLA AVENUE. CAPTAIN VON VANDIVER SAYS TOYS AND FOOD BASKETS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO OVER 550 FAMILIES BY VOLUNTEERS.

VOLUNTEERS FROM THE 185TH AIR NATIONAL GUARD REFUELING WING SPENT WEDNESDAY MORNING PREPARING THE FOOD BASKETS.

LT. COLONEL JERRY SELF OF THE 185TH SAYS THE GUARD IS HAPPY TO GIVE BACK TO THE SIOUXLAND COMMUNITY:

EACH BASKET CONTAINS A HAM OR A TURKEY ALONG WITH EVERYTHING NEEDED TO PROVIDE A FAMILY MEAL FOR CHRISTMAS.

PARENTS WILL ALSO SELECT TOYS FOR THEIR CHILDREN FROM A GIANT TOY SHOP CREATED FOR THE EVENT.

CAPTAIN VANDIVER SAYS 2011 HAS BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR FOR SIOUXLAND, BECAUSE OF THE FLOOD AND A STRUGGLING ECONOMY.

VONDIVER SAYS DONATIONS ARE STILL WELCOME AND NEEDED THIS YEAR, ESPECIALLY WINTER CLOTHING AND FOOD.
  

A NEBRASKA STATE SENATOR WHO IS RUNNING TO REPLACE BEN NELSON IN THE U.S. SENATE BROUGHT HER CAMPAIGN TO DAKOTA CITY WEDNESDAY.

DEB FISCHER IS IN HER 4TH TERM IN THE LINCOLN UNICAMERAL.

THE REPUBLICAN FROM VALENTINE SAYS CREATING JOBS IS ONE OF HER CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES:

SHE ALSO SAYS FEDERAL SPENDING NEEDS TO BE CUT. FISCHER AND HER HUSBAND ARE RANCHERS AND HAVE BEEN MARRIED 39 YEARS WITH THREE SONS.

ROCK VALLEY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT CHAD JANZEN SAYS TEN STUDENTS WERE ON A SCHOOL BUS THAT TIPPED OVER ON A GRAVEL ROAD IN SIOUX COUNTY WEDNESDAY MORNING.

JANZEN SAYS  NONE OF THE STUDENTS NOR THE DRIVER WERE SERIOUSLY HURT. HE SAYS ONE STUDENT WAS TAKEN TO THE ROCK VALLEY CLINIC FOR TREATMENT AND WAS RELEASED TO GO HOME.

JANZEN SAYS THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED WEST OF ROCK VALLEY ON 280TH STREET AROUND 8AM.  HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT BUT SAID THE DRIVER MAY HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED.

SIOUX COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE CONTINUING THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT. EARLIER THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE HAD SAID 20 STUDENTS WERE ON THE BUS.

PLYMOUTH COUNTY AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING AN ACCIDENT ON COUNTY ROAD K-18 THAT SENT TWO PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL TUESDAY NIGHT.

A SHERIFF'S OFFICE SPOKESPERSON SAYS A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY JOSEPH TRIPP OF AKRON LEFT THE ROAD AND ROLLED OVER AROUND 9PM.

TRIPP TOLD DEPUTIES ANOTHER VEHICLE ATTEMPTED TO PASS HIM AND STRUCK HIS VEHICLE, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL.

TRIPP AND A PASSENGER, HEATHER RODRIQUEZ OF AKRON, WERE TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE AND WERE FREED BY RESCUERS.

THEY WERE TRANSPORTED TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER WITH NON LIFE THREATENING INJURIES.

THE SHERIFF SAYS THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND CHARGES ARE PENDING.