THE SIOUX CITY COUNCIL BEGINS ITS NEW MEETING SCHEDULE TODAY (MONDAY) OF ALTERNATING STUDY SESSIONS WITH REGULAR MEETINGS.

TODAY'S MEETING IS A STUDY SESSION WITH A PRESENTATION OF THE CITY'S PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN FROM 2012-2015.

THE COUNCIL WILL ALSO DISCUSS ALLEY RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AT GILMAN TERRACE AND 1024 5TH STREET.

A HOUSE FIRE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING HAS CLAIMED THE LIFE OF A SIOUX CITY MAN.

FIRE WAS DISCOVERED COMING FROM THE RESIDENCE AT 1016 21ST STREET AROUND 1:40AM. FIREFIGHTERS  QUICKLY PUT OUT THE BLAZE IN THE ONE STORY WOOD FRAME HOME, BUT DISCOVERED A MALE VICTIM IN THE BASEMENT OF THE BUILDING.

HE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. THE VICTIM'S NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. IT'S SIOUX CITY'S 2ND FIRE RELATED FATALITY OF 2012.

THE HOME HAS BEEN RED TAGGED AND THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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SIOUX CITY POLICE SAY THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AT THIS TIME THAT A   12 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS ABDUCTED ON THE CITY'S WESTSIDE THURSDAY.

A WITNESS HAD TOLD POLICE SHE SAW A GIRL BEING PULLED INTO A VAN AT MILITARY ROAD AND PRESCOTT AROUND 6PM THURSDAY.

LT. MARK KIRKPATRICK OF THE SIOUX CITY POLICE SAYS NO PARENT HAD REPORTED THEIR CHILD MISSING IN THE SIOUXLAND AREA, AND THAT DETAILS OF WHAT THE WITNESS THOUGHT SHE SAW FROM A BLOCK AWAY COULD NOT BE VERIFIED.

PEOPLE LOOKING TO DISPOSE OF UNNEEDED OR OUTDATED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS NOW HAVE A SOLUTION.

SIOUX CITY POLICE AND LOCAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OFFICERS WILL STAGE THE FALL NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE BACK ON SATURDAY

OFFICER CHAD SHEEHAN SAYS THE TAKE BACK IS IS THE BEST ALTERNATIVE FOR DISPOSING OF THE PRESCRIPTIONS:



SHEEHAN SAYS OFFICERS WILL BE MANNING FIVE LOCATIONS FROM 10AM UNTIL 2PM TO COLLECT TABLETS, CAPSULES AND OTHER TYPES OF SOLID MEDICATION.



ACCORDING TO A 2008 NATIONAL SURVEY, THE NON-MEDICAL USE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS RANKS SECOND ONLY TO MARIJUANA AS THE MOST PREVALENT CATEGORY OF DRUG USE IN THE UNITED STATES.