Two men are charged with terrorism after a shooting incident in Sioux City. Court documents say 20-year-old Melvin Spencer fired a handgun from a car at a home in the 1600 block of West 17th Street. According to the documents, Spencer then turned around and another man, 24-year-old Patrick Craft, fired a second shot at the home. Nobody was hurt. The men were arrested a short time later.
The city council has pulled the plug on a housing project on Sioux City's near north side. The Siouxland Housing Development Corporation wanted to rehabilitate six row houses on Douglas Street and sell them to lower-income families. A $268,000 federal grant was earmarked for the project, but the developer was unable to come up with the rest of the money needed. The remaining grant money will be redirected toward a different project in that part of town.
If you feed the deer or turkeys in Sioux City, it could soon cost you. Sioux City leaders are considering a feeding ban after a spike in animal-related traffic accidents and complaints about property damage. Monday night, the measure got unanimous approval from the council. The punishment for feeding deer comes with a fine of up to $750 for the first offense. The public will have another chance to weigh in next week.
Hoping to stomp out the bullying problem, the Iowa Department of Education now has a better way to track bullying across the state. Schools will report incidents into an online database as they happen and categorize them into one or more of 17 student traits. Sioux City Schools have been collecting bullying data like this for years, but with the new system they'll now submit that information to the state.
