Woody Gottburg

News Director at KSCJ-AM (Sioux City, IA)

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NEBRASKA UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS LOW

5 days ago | kscj.com | Woody Gottburg

THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF LABOR SAYS THE PRELIMINARY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR MARCH IS TWO-POINT-NINE PERCENT, SEASONALLY ADJUSTED. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT’S SCOTT HUNZIKER SAYS IT REMAINS ONE OF THE LOWEST RATES IN THE COUNTRY: https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/NEBJOB1.mp3NEBJOB1 OC…IN MARCH.
TWO DEAD, ONE HURT IN MORNINGSIDE ONE VEHICLE CRASH

5 days ago | kscj.com | Woody Gottburg

TWO PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND ONE INJURED FOLLOWING A ONE VEHICLE ACCIDENT EARLY SATURDAY IN THE MORNINGSIDE AREA OF SIOUX CITY. SIOUX CITY POLICE SAY THE DRIVER OF A VEHICLE WAS GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPPED EASTBOUND ON TRANSIT AVENUE JUST BEFORE 4:30 A.M. AND LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE ON A CURVE AND STRUCK THE CURB. THE VEHICLE LEFT THE ROADWAY AND STRUCK A UTILITY POLE ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF TRANSIT AND SOUTH CECELIA AND THEN STRUCK THE FRONT PORCH OF A RESIDENCE.
REYNOLDS ISSUES DISASTER PROCLAMATION FOR LATEST STORM DAMAGE

6 days ago | kscj.com | Woody Gottburg

GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS ISSUED A DISASTER PROCLAMATION FOR BUENA VISTA, PLYMOUTH, FREMONT AND PAGE, COUNTIES IN RESPONSE TO THE OVERNIGHT SEVERE WEATHER. REYNOLDS’ PROCLAMATION ALLOWS STATE RESOURCES TO BE UTILIZED TO RESPOND TO AND RECOVER FROM THE EFFECTS OF THIS SEVERE WEATHER AND ACTIVATES THE IOWA INDIVIDUAL ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM AND THE DISASTER CASE ADVOCACY PROGRAM FOR THOSE COUNTIES. THE PROCLAMATION IS EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND EXPIRES ON MAY 18TH.
BODY OF MISSING SIOUX CITY MAN FOUND IN RURAL FIELD

6 days ago | kscj.com | Woody Gottburg

THE BODY OF A SIOUX CITY MAN WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE HALLOWEEN HAS BEEN FOUND. SIOUX CITY POLICE AND THE WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE SAY THE BODY OF JOSHUA ELDRIDGE WAS FOUND APRIL 9TH IN A FIELD IN RURAL WOODBURY COUNTY. THE WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE INVESTIGATED THE SCENE, AND THE BODY WAS SENT TO THE IOWA STATE MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE IN ANKENY, IOWA, FOR IDENTIFICATION.
CIVICS TEST SOON NEEDED FOR IOWA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION

6 days ago | kscj.com | Woody Gottburg

IOWA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SOON WILL HAVE TO ANSWER AT LEAST 60 OF THE 100 QUESTIONS ON THE U-S CITIZENSHIP TEST CORRECTLY IN ORDER TO GRADUATE. THE REQUIREMENT, WHICH WILL START FOR THE CLASS OF 2027, IS IN A BILL THAT WAS ONE OF THE GOVERNOR’S TOP PRIORITIES. REPRESENTATIVE BOB HENDERSON OF SIOUX CITY LED HOUSE DEBATE.
POWER RESTORATION CONTINUES IN STORM LAKE AREA

6 days ago | kscj.com | Woody Gottburg

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT ROLLED THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA EARLY FRIDAY MORNING HAVE CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF STORM LAKE. AIMEE BARRITT, THE BUENA VISTA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, SAYS THOUSANDS OF MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CUSTOMERS IN STORM LAKE ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER AFTER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HIT AT 1:15 A-M: https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/STORMLAKE.mp3STORMLAKE OC…ON THE ROADS.
POWER RESTORATION CONTINUES IN STORM LAKE (Update)

6 days ago | kscj.com | Woody Gottburg

REPAIRS AND CLEAN UP ARE CONTINUING AFTER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE IN STORM LAKE IOWA EARLY FRIDAY. AIMEE BARRITT IS THE BUENA VISTA COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR AND SAYS THERE WAS MAJOR DAMAGE AND THE ENTIRE CITY LOST POWER AFTER THE STORM STRUCK AT 1:15 A-M: https://kscj.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/STORMLAKE.mp3STORMLAKE OC…ON THE ROADS. :12MIDAMERICAN ENERGY’S GEOFF GREENWOOD SAYS AROUND 6500 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER AS OF 10 A.M. FRIDAY.
HAIL REPORTED THROUGHOUT METRO AREA

6 days ago | kscj.com | Woody Gottburg

THUNDERSTORMS THAT RUMBLED THROUGH NORTHWEST IOWA THURSDAY NIGHT ALSO PRODUCED HAIL IN OUR METRO AREA. DOWNTOWN SIOUX CITY VEHICLES WERE PELTED BY HAIL FROM ONE STORM THAT BLEW THROUGH SHORTLY AFTER 8 P.M.MOST OF SIOUX CITY REPORTED HAIL FROM THE NORTHSIDE THROUGH MORNINGSIDE AREAS BETWEEN 1:30 AND 2 A.M. FRIDAY MORNING. A 58-MILE PER HOUR WIND GUST WAS REPORTED IN SGT. BLUFF. THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF LARGE HAIL IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY.
AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT TO STEP UP TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT THIS WEEKEND

6 days ago | kscj.com | Woody Gottburg

AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ARE TAKING PART IN A SPECIAL TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROJECT DURING THE EASTER WEEKEND. THE IOWA STATE PATROL, PLYMOUTH COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT AND LE MARS POLICE SAY THEY WILL BE OUT IN FORCE THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, WITH A FOCUS ON DISTRACTED OR IMPAIRED DRIVERS, EXCESSIVE SPEED, AND NO SEAT BELTS OR RESTRAINTS IN USE. THE NEBRASKA STATE PATROL WILL ALSO BE TAKING PART IN A SIMILAR EFFORT.
FATAL CRASH NEAR LAUREL NEBRASKA

6 days ago | kscj.com | Woody Gottburg

ONE PERSON HAS DIED IN A TWO VEHICLE COLLISION NEAR LAUREL, NEBRASKA THURSDAY NIGHT. THE CEDAR COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 9 P.M. AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 59 AND HIGHWAY 15. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A BUICK CENTURY DRIVEN BY 70-YEAR-OLD CHARLES POTOSNYAK OF COLERIDGE, NEBRASKA MADE A LEFT TURN FROM HIGHWAY 15 ONTO 59 AND FAILED TO YIELD TO AN ONCOMING SEMI DRIVEN BY 25-YEAR-OLD JASPER VANDER PLAS OF LE MARS, IOWA.