Mason Dockter

3 weeks ago | siouxcityjournal.com | Mason Dockter

SIOUX CITY -- Some people get really upset when they find out their house is only "fair." A team of appraisers employed by the Sioux City Assessor's Office spend the year fanning out across the city's neighborhoods, examining houses and rating their condition. The process takes time; houses in the city are assessed on a six-year cycle. "There's no way that I could ever employ enough people to get through every house in the city, every year," said Sioux City Assessor Tyler Erickson.

1 month ago | siouxcityjournal.com | Mason Dockter

SIOUX CITY -- A historic painted Hamm's Beer advertisement has emerged from hiding on the wall of a west side bar. The east-facing exterior wall of the Red Room Lounge, 1000 West Seventh St., was for many years covered in deteriorating red and white siding.

1 month ago | siouxcityjournal.com | Jared McNett |Caitlin Yamada |Mason Dockter

SOUTH SIOUX CITY — Multiple emergency response agencies were called to a fire Wednesday evening at Meyer Inc., 532 Old Sawmill Road. According to a Dakota County Sheriff's deputy on the scene, crews were called to the fire around 6:40 p.m. at the business south of Highway 20 and west of Highway 77. The blaze could be seen for miles in the area.

1 month ago | siouxcityjournal.com | Mason Dockter

SIOUX CITY -- Nothing Bundt Cakes, a national chain of bakeries that sells, as its name suggests, Bundt cakes, is planning to open a Sioux City location. The bake shop will be at the Lakeport Commons shopping center, 5001 Sergeant Road, the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce wrote in a social media post. It was not immediately clear when the bakery plans to open.

1 month ago | siouxcityjournal.com | Mason Dockter

SIOUX CITY -- Nisa Salmen couldn't be happier with where Hardline Coffee ended up. On Halloween, the coffeeshop opened in the Levich Building, 1004 Fourth St. It was the third time Hardline welcomed customers to a new downtown location since 2019. This, Salmen said, will be a long-term place. "It has been great," she said.