Josie Cooper

3 days ago | kscj.com | Josie Cooper

BISHOP WALKER NICKLESS RELEASED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT MONDAY REGARDING THE DEATH OF POPEFRANCIS. QUOTE, “UPON THE DEATH OF OUR HOLY FATHER, POPE FRANCIS, I AM SADDENED BY OUR LOSS OF SUCH A KINDAND HOLY MAN WHILE AT THE SAME TIME GRATEFUL FOR HIS LEADERSHIP TO THE CHURCH IN HIS 12-PLUSYEARS AS POPE.”HE SAYS HE WAS HONORED TO MEET POPE FRANCIS IN JANUARY 2020. HE CALLS POPE FRANCIS VERY WARM AND WELCOMING AND AN ATTENTIVE LISTENER.

1 month ago | kscj.com | Josie Cooper

SOUTHBOUND I-29 IN SIOUX CITY WAS CLOSED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING AT THE HAMILTON EXIT DUE TO A FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH. EMERGENCY CREWS WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AT 5:22 A.M. FOR A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT. SIOUX CITY POLICE SERGEANT MARK HUBERTY SAYS THE DRIVER WAS GOING NORTH IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES. ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURIES. THE INTERSTATE REOPENED AT 8:15 A.M.

1 month ago | kscj.com | Josie Cooper

SOUTHBOUND I-29 IN SIOUX CITY WAS CLOSED EARLY THIS MORNING AT THE HAMILTON EXIT DUE TO A FATAL TWO VEHICLE TRAFFIC CRASH. SIOUX CITY POLICE SAY THEY RECEIVED REPORTS OF A DRIVER GOING NORTH IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANES ON THE INTERSTATE. THE VEHICLE GOING THE WRONG WAY COLLIDED WITH A SOUTHBOUND HONDA ACCORD NEAR THE HAMILTON BOULEVARD EXIT. THE 58-YEAR-OLD MALE DRIVER OF THE WRONG WAY VEHICLE WAS FROM SIOUX CITY AND WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE.

1 month ago | kscj.com | Josie Cooper

THE BLIZZARD AND ITS STRONG WINDS RESULTED IN OVER 4200 MID AMERICAN ENERGY CUSTOMERS LOSING POWER THIS MORNING. AS OF 8:20 A.M. SIOUX CITY HAD 155 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. SEVERAL OTHER AREA TOWNS WERE IN WORSE SHAPE. 1672 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER IN STORM LAKE, 894 CUSTOMERS LOST POWER IN IDA GROVE, AND 578 IN SLOAN. WHITING HAD 405 CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER, ANOTHER 352 IN MOVILLE, AND 187 IN LAWTON.

1 month ago | kscj.com | Josie Cooper

TODAY IS THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OPENING OF THE WELLS VISITOR CENTER AND ICE CREAM PARLOR IN LE MARS, IOWA. VISITORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THEIR SIGNATURE HOMETOWN-BRAND BLUE BUNNY ICE CREAM THERE SINCE THE ORIGINAL CENTER FIRST OPENED ON THIS DATE IN 2000. TO CELEBRATE, WELLS IS SERVING VISITORS SINGLE DIP WAFFLE CONES AND DISHES FOR JUST $1.99 TODAY, THE ORIGINAL PRICE FROM WHEN THE CENTER OPENED.