Bret Hayworth
Journalist at KWIT/KOJI-FM (Sioux City, IA)
Host at SPM News: English
Journo @KWITKOJI. Stringing @NYTimes @FDMessengerNews. Former @SCJ. Politics, News &Pop culture. On RTs, 'Forever in debt to your priceless advice,' via Kurt.
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1 week ago |
kwit.org | Bret Hayworth |Alejandra Perez
Since the Trump Administration’s cuts to USDA’s Emergency Food Assistance Program in February, the Food Bank of Siouxland lost about $140,000 worth of food. The loss of resources is revealed at the Sioux City Food Bank’s warehouse, where food is at its lowest level since 2020, and demand is outpacing supply. In 2024 about 8,050 families visited the Food Bank of Siouxland network. FBS estimates there are about 10,705 food insecure families within the Siouxland area.
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1 week ago |
kwit.org | Bret Hayworth
After several years of discussing a merger, the two hospitals in Sioux City will combine, as UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s will acquire MercyOne Siouxland Medical Center and its affiliated other health care pieces. That move was announced Thursday by UnityPoint, as Sioux City will likely become a one-hospital-system town. UnityPoint and MercyOne have a letter of intent to carry out the consolidation, which could be done later this year.
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1 week ago |
kwit.org | Bret Hayworth
Woodbury County government officials took more steps towards borrowing $1.2 million for larger capital projects, including potentially using about half that money to tear down the former county jail downtown. The county board of supervisors in their Tuesday meeting approved a resolution for the form of a loan to borrow that money. The county supervisors most years borrow money for larger capital projects.
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1 week ago |
kwit.org | Bret Hayworth
*Planned Parenthood will close four clinics in Iowa as part of a reorganization across a five-state area, and that includes the facility in Sioux City. According to Planned Parenthood North Central States, a total of eight health centers will close in the region over the rest of the year. That includes Iowa locations in Ames, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Urbandale. Laws restricting abortion access and cuts to federal funding are some of the reasons the organization says it must downsize.
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2 weeks ago |
kwit.org | Bret Hayworth
The year is wrapping for many K-12 schools. Leaders of those institutions of learning who are board members or administrators aim to make sure that people are being well educated. There are some notable changes happening in the next few weeks for two important education organizations in the Sioux City area.
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Food Bank of Siouxland loses $140K in food after federal cuts & Sioux City Schools will again have summer of free lunches https://t.co/2JFj5M7adB
Woodbury County carries out annual borrowing, now owes $48M on jail; Contentious town hall for Nebraska congressman Flood; Bidder wants to bring TikTok HQ to South Dakota. https://t.co/D342JMDB2E
Planned Parenthood in Sioux City to close after federal cuts; Measles cases now in Iowa and Nebraska; Wind turbines motatorium in Dickinson County does not pass. https://t.co/ogWXWwV1QD