THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN IOWA'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS DECLINED AGAIN THIS FALL.

STATE EDUCATION DIRECTOR JASON GLASS SAYS HIS AGENCY ORIGINALLY PREDICTED AN INCREASE IN STATE K THROUGH 12 ENROLLMENT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS:

BUT ALISON BENSON OF THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS LOCAL ENROLLMENT WAS ACTUALLY DOWN HERE ALSO:

    
BENSON SAYS ENROLLMENT IS STILL HIGHER THAN A FEW YEARS AGO, THANKS TO A 150 STUDENT INCREASE TWO YEARS AGO.

IOWA CENSUS FIGURES SHOW 57% OF CHILDREN UNDER AGE FIVE LIVE IN THE 13 LARGEST COUNTIES.
 

(RADIO IOWA CONTRIBUTED TO THIS REPORT)

A WELL KNOWN SIOUX CITY COFFEEHOUSE HAS OPENED A NEW DOWNTOWN LOCATION.

"JITTERS" SECOND LOCATION IS AT 415 PEARL STREET IN THE WEST END OF DOWNTOWN.
MANAGER SARA KRAGTHORPE SAYS THE DOWNTOWN JITTERS WILL ALSO HAVE A POPULAR PRODUCT THAT'S A SIOUX CITY TRADITION:

KRAGTHORPE SAYS THE DONUTS WERE AN INSTANT HIT BECAUSE OF THEIR POPULARITY FROM THE OLD SUNSHINE FOOD STORES OF THE 60'S AND 70'S.

THE DOWNTOWN JITTERS LOCATION WILL BE OPEN FROM 7AM UNTIL 2PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

 A VERMILLION ARMY NATIONAL GUARD UNIT WILL BE DEPLOYED TO AFGHANISTAN NEXT YEAR.

THE 48 MEMBERS OF THE 730TH AREA SUPPORT MEDICAL COMPANY HAVE RECEIVED MOBILIZATION ORDERS FOR JULY.

A SECOND GUARD UNIT BASED IN RAPID CITY HAS ALSO RECEIVED AN ACTIVATION NOTICE FOR NEXT NOVEMBER.
  

SIOUX CITY POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT THEY SAY ASSAULTED A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO WAS WAITING FOR A BUS THIS MORNING.

POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT CAME UP TO THE GIRL ON THE CORNER OF 17TH AND JONES AROUND 7AM.

OFFICER JEREMY MCCLURE SAYS THE SUSPECT GRABBED THE VICTIM FROM BEHIND, COVERED HER MOUTH AND THREATENED TO HARM HER. THE GIRL ESCAPED WHEN A CAR DROVE BY WHICH CAUSED THE SUSPECT TO RELEASE HER:

THE VICTIM THEN RAN TO HER HOME WHERE HER PARENTS CALLED POLICE.
MCCLURE SAYS THE GIRL DID THE RIGHT THING WHEN SHE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ESCAPE THE SUSPECT:

THE SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS A 6 FOOT MALE, THIN BUILD, WHO WORE A DARK BROWN WORK STYLE COAT, JEANS AND A MASK OR SCARF OVER HIS FACE.

ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT 258-TIPS OR USE THE SECURE LINK ON THE SIOUX CITY POLICE FACEBOOK PAGE.