SUNDAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, AND THE SIOUX CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS SEVERAL ACTIVITIES PLANNED.
SPOKESMAN JESSE PEDERSEN SAYS THIS YEAR'S THEME IS TO KNOW TWO WAYS OUT OF YOUR HOME IN CASE OF A FIRE. HE SAYS FAMILIES NEED TO PRACTICE THEIR ESCAPE PLAN TOGETHER:
ON SUNDAY, ALL THE CITY FIRE STATIONS WILL HOST AN OPEN HOUSE FROM 1PM UNTIL 4PM:
STATION 3 AT 2630 3RD STREET WILL ALSO HAVE THE URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAM DISPLAYING THEIR EQUIPMENT IN A SHOW AND TELL.
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.
