ANIMAL RESCUE WORKERS HAVE NOW RECOVERED 66 STARVING CATS FROM AN ABANDONED SIOUX CITY HOME. EFFORTS TO RECOVER MORE CATS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO WEEKS AT THE GRANDVIEW BOULEVARD HOUSE.

CINDY RARRAT OF THE SIOUX CITY ANIMAL ADOPTION AND RESCUE CENTER SAYS THE RECOVERED CATS ARE RECEIVING MEDICATION AND CARE AT HER FACILITY:

NEIGHBORS SAY NO ONE HAD LIVED AT THE HOME FOR AT LEAST THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THE HOME'S OWNER, 56 YEAR OLD MARK LANNING, HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 14 COUNTS OF ANIMAL NEGLECT.

VOTERS ARE TURNING OUT IN LARGE NUMBERS IN BOTH IOWA AND SOUTH DAKOTA TO CAST BALLOTS EARLY IN THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
WOODBURY COUNTY AUDITOR PAT GILL SAYS THE LOCAL VOTE COUNT REACHED FIVE FIGURES THURSDAY:



IN SOUTH DAKOTA, OVER 9200 VOTES HAVE BEEN CAST STATEWIDE WITH NEARLY 20-THOUSAND ABSENTEE BALLOTS REQUESTED. EARLY VOTING IS TAKING PLACE IN OVER 30 STATES.

ON MONDAY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER ADDING A NEW CHAPTER TO SIOUX CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING SMALL WIND ENERGY SYSTEMS.

CITY PLANNER BRENT NELSON SAYS IT WOULD ALLOW HOMEOWNERS TO ERECT SMALL WIND TURBINES TO HELP GENERATE ELECTRICITY FOR THEIR BUILDINGS:



HE SAYS RESTRICTIONS WILL BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM. SIOUX CITY DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A ZONING ORDINANCE COVERING HOME WIND TURBINES.

THE SIOUX CITY ART CENTER IS PLANNING A SIX MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION.

DIRECTOR AL HARRIS-FERNADEZ SAYS A LEARNING CENTER WILL BE BUILT ADJACENT TO THE ART CENTER AT THE SITE OF THE FORMER TRANSIT BUS TRANSFER POINT AT 3RD AND PIERCE:



AN APPLICATION FOR A MILLION AND A HALF DOLLAR VISION IOWA GRANT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO HELP FUND THE PROJECT. OTHER FUNDRAISING FOR THE 13-THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT BUILDING IS CONTINUING WITH A GOAL TO HAVE THE FACILITY FINISHED BY 2016.