IOWA CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING WAS IN LE MARS THIS (MON) MORNING HOSTING A TOWN HALL MEETING.

THERE HE ADDRESSED THE LIKELY FAILURE OF THE BI-PARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL SUPER COMMITTEE TO CUT UP TO 1.2 TRILLION DOLLARS FROM THE FEDERAL BUDGET.
       

THE 12 SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN ARE TO ANNOUNCE THEIR PLAN BY WEDNESDAY, BUT KING BELIEVES THEY WILL NOT MEET THAT DEADLINE:

BUT KING SAYS THOSE CUTS WOULDN'T KICK IN UNTIL 2013....AND A LOT COULD CHANGE BY THEN:

KING IS ADVOCATING FOR A BALANCED FEDERAL BUDGET, SOMETHING 49 OF THE 50 STATES CURRENTLY REQUIRE.

CONTRIBUTED BY DENNIS MORRICE KLEM LE MARS

SUNDAY WAS A BUSY DAY FOR SIOUX CITY FIREFIGHTERS, WHO RESPONDED  TO THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS.

A DUMPSTER FIRE IN THE LOADING DOCK BEHIND THE SIOUX CITY MUSEUM WAS REPORTED SHORTLY AFTER 1PM. INVESTIGATORS SAY A TOSSED CIGARETTE BY A TRANSIENT LIKELY STARTED THE FIRE.

NO MAJOR DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AND A SPRINKLER HEAD ABOVE THE DUMPSTER PUT OUT MOST OF THE FIRE BEFORE RESPONDERS ARRIVED.

LATER A FIRE WAS REPORTED AT A HOME  IN THE 6200 BLOCK OF MORNINGSIDE AVENUE. THAT BLAZE DAMAGED BOTH THE FIRST FLOOR AND ATTIC.

SOON AFTERWARDS, A FIRE IN THE 500 BLOCK OF SOUTH IRENE DESTROYED A DETACHED GARAGE, AND DAMAGED TWO OTHER NEARBY GARAGES.
 

THE CAUSES OF THE MORNINGSIDE FIRES REMAIN UNDER INVESTIGATION.
NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

A TWO VEHICLE CRASH IN NORTHWEST IOWA SUNDAY AFTERNOON HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF AN AYRSHIRE, IOWA WOMAN.

THE CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS 61 YEAR OLD LONNA RAE HESS WAS KILLED WHEN HER CAR COLLIDED WITH A SEMI ON HIGHWAY 18.

THE SHERIFF SAYS HESS' CAR CROSSED THE CENTER LINE INTO THE PATH OF THE ONCOMING SEMI, AND STRUCK THE REAR DUALS OF THE TRUCK.

THE DRIVER OF THE SEMI WAS NOT INJURED AND THE ACCIDENT REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

THE DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY PARADE IS BACK AFTER A ONE YEAR ABSENCE.

THE PARADE STARTS AT 4TH AND IOWA STREETS TONIGHT AROUND 6:15PM AND WINDS UP AT THE SIOUX CITY MUSEUM AT 4TH AND NEBRASKA WHERE DIRECTOR STEVE HANSEN SAYS THERE WILL BE A TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY.

BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS AND SERVICE GROUPS WILL SHOW OFF THEIR FLOATS, SANTA WILL LIGHT UP THE TREE AND FIREWORKS WILL WELCOME THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

HANSEN SAYS THE MUSEUM WILL ALSO BE OPEN FROM 5PM UNTIL 8PM TONIGHT AND RUNNING EXTENDED HOURS FRIDAY:

THE SGT FLOYD WELCOME CENTER ON THE RIVERFRONT WILL ALSO BE OPEN FRIDAY FOR VISITORS.