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Hawkeyes Prepare for Virginia Tech Matchup In Sioux City
IOWA HAWKEYES MENS BASKETBALL COACH BEN MCCOLLUM SAYS CENTER ANDREW MCKEEVER IS QUESTIONABLE FOR TUESDAY NIGHT’S GAME IN SIOUX CITY AGAINST. VIRGINIA TECH IN THE TYSON EVENTS CENTER. THE SEVEN-THREE MCKEEVER HAS MISSED THE FIRST TWO REGULAR SEASON GAMES WITH AN AILING BACK.*. MCCOLLUM1 OC…….THAN LATER :19.
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EMERGENCY TRAINING EXERCISE AT FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
SIOUX CITY POLICE, SIOUX CITY FIRE RESCUE, AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ARE CONDUCTING JOINT TRAINING EXERCISES UNTIL 4:00 P.M. AT THE SIOUX CITY FEDERAL BUILDING AND U.S. COURTHOUSE LOCATED AT 320 6TH STREET TODAY (MONDAY). RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS MAY NOTICE AN INCREASED PRESENCE OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND FIRST RESPONDER VEHICLES...
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Clare Man Pleads Guilty to Meth Conspiracy
A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pled guilty November 4, 2026, in federal court in Sioux City. Sean Paxson, 57, from Clare, Iowa, was convicted of one count of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and one count of distributing methamphetamine. At the plea hearing, Paxson admitted that from July 2024...
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WWII sailor who died in a prison camp returns to Iowa to be buried
An Iowa soldier who became a prisoner of war and died in a prison camp during World War II has returned to Iowa 83 years later to be laid to rest. Robert Shove was born in Cherokee in 1922 and grew up in Sioux City. He enlisted in the Navy in 1940 when he was 18. Shove served aboard the USS Canopus, a submarine tender stationed in the Philippines, according to the Navy. He began as a seaman second class upon boarding the ship, but climbed to the rank of fireman second class. His job was to fight fires, perform rescues and stand watch. He was on the job, stationed in the Cavite Navy Yard in the Philippines, when Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Ten days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces began raiding U.S. Army installations on Luzon, the largest island of the Philippines. The sailors aboard the USS Canopus "worked tirelessly to aid other ships damaged in frequent Japanese bombing raids," according to a news release from the Navy. No reinforcements came to their aid. The USS Canopus was bombed on Dec. 29, 1941, and Jan. 1, 1942, yet the sailors resisted