IT'S SKY WEST DELTA AIRLINE'S TURN TO PITCH SIOUX CITY LEADERS ON PROVIDING LOCAL AIR SERVICE .

SKY WEST WOULD CONTINUE TO PROVIDE TWO DAILY FLIGHTS TO MINNEAPOLIS AS THEIR PARENT COMPANY, DELTA AIRLINES, CURRENTLY DOES AT SIOUX GATEWAY AIRPORT.

BRAD RAWSON OF SKY WEST WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION WEDNESDAY MORNING AT 9AM IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL.

THEY'RE COMPETING FOR A TWO YEAR ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE FEDERAL SUBSIDY WITH AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES, WHO WOULD FLY TO CHICAGO INSTEAD OF MINNEAPOLIS FROM SIOUX CITY.

SIOUX CITY POLICE ARE GETTING IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR PATROL CARS.

THE DEPARTMENT IS PURCHASING 36 STATE OF THE ART IN-CAR COMPUTERS FROM ROCKWELL COLLINS OF CEDAR RAPIDS.

CHIEF DOUG YOUNG SAYS THE COMPUTERS WILL PROVIDE BETTER SAFETY FOR OFFICERS:

THE NEW COMPUTERS COST 468-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND WERE APPROVED ON A 5-0 VOTE BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

MICHELE BACHMANN WAS BACK IN NORTHWEST IOWA CAMPAIGNING TODAY.  SHE TALKED WITH KSCJ NEWS THIS MORNING ON OPEN LINE ABOUT HER PLANS FOR CHANGING THE U-S TAX STRUCTURE:

BACHMANN LATER MADE A CAMPAIGN STOP IN SIOUX CITY AT MC CARTHY AND BAILEY'S PUB AT NOON BEFORE HEADING FOR A 2PM APPEARANCE IN LE MARS AND THEN IN SHELDON LATER THIS EVENING.

ONE OF THE AIRLINES COMPETING TO PROVIDE AIR SERVICE IN SIOUX CITY HAS BEEN HIT WITH A HEAVY FINE BY THE  U. S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES HAS BEEN FINED $900,000 FOR TARMAC DELAYS AT CHICAGO'S O'HARE AIRPORT ON MAY 29TH.

AMERICAN EAGLE BECOMES THE 1ST AIRLINE FINED FOR VIOLATING THE D-O-T RULE SETTING A 3 HOUR LIMIT FOR TARMAC DELAYS ON DOMESTIC FLIGHTS.

THE MAY 29TH DELAYS WERE ON 15 FLIGHTS AFFECTING 608 PASSENGERS ARRIVING AT O'HARE LASTING UP TO 45 MINUTES OVER THE LIMIT.

AMERICAN EAGLE IS COMPETING WITH DELTA SKY WEST FOR AN FEDERAL ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE GRANT TO PROVIDE FLIGHTS OUT OF SIOUX CITY.

AMERICAN EAGLE HAS NOT RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON THE FINE.