Nick Hytrek

1 day ago | siouxcityjournal.com | Nick Hytrek

CHEROKEE, Iowa -- A Cherokee man charged with murder for allegedly running over another man with a pickup truck has bonded out of jail. Richard Hammond, 66, posted a $100,000 surety bond Tuesday and was released from the Cherokee County Jail. Hammond was arrested Monday on a charge of first-degree murder. He's charged with running over Christopher Wheeler, 47, of Sutherland, Iowa, early Monday at a rural Cherokee acreage.

1 day ago | nonpareilonline.com | Nick Hytrek

Runoff into the upper Missouri River basin continues to be below average, and the forecast for runoff in 2025 continues to drop as well. Runoff into the Missouri River above Sioux City was 2.3 million acre-feet in March, 76% of average. "Runoff into the reservoir system was below average for the month of March, and conditions across most of the basin remain dry," John Remus, chief of the Corps of Engineers' Missouri River Basin Water Management Division, said in a news release Wednesday.

2 days ago | siouxcityjournal.com | Nick Hytrek

Jose A. Alvarez, 30, Sioux City, first-degree fraudulent practice; sentenced April 16, deferred judgment, two years probation. Sayde Steel Hein, 25, Sioux City, possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance; sentenced April 17, 10 years prison. Brandon Ben Ward, 40, Sioux City, domestic abuse assault; sentenced March 27, seven days jail. Sara Grace Verzani, 54, Sioux City, failure to appear; sentenced March 18, five years prison suspended, two years probation.

2 days ago | siouxcityjournal.com | Nick Hytrek

Cadell Marcus Johnson, 21, Sioux City; Vanessa Rain Colling, 21, Sioux City Atayaeh Renee Erickson, 29, Hornick, Iowa; Kyle Ray Clark, 30, Hornick Mark Joseph Frahm, 42, Sioux City; Pamela Ruwoko, 33, Sioux City Sierra Kay Rohlk, 23, Sioux City; Riliegh Xavier Belt, 23, Sioux City Lee Douglas McNaughton, 46, Lawton, Iowa; Ronda Jo Howard, 46, Lawton Haven Alexyss Andersen, 24, Sioux City; Ryan Blake Swanger, 26, Sioux City Kayla Marie Randall, 26, Sioux City; Salvatore Reed Abramo, 30, Sioux...

3 days ago | siouxcityjournal.com | Nick Hytrek

ROCK RAPIDS, Iowa -- An Inwood, Iowa, child care provider has pleaded not guilty to more than a dozen counts of child endangerment for alleged abusive behavior. Elizabeth Kainrath, 30, entered her written plea Monday in Lyon County District Court to 13 counts of misdemeanor child endangerment and one count of felony child endangerment -- substantial risk causing bodily injury.