Wednesday will mark the tenth anniversary of the Norfolk bank murders. The community will come together to continue the healing process. A public remembrance ceremony at ten Wednesday morning will honor the lives lost in the U.S. Bank murders on September 26th, 2002. The ceremony will be held at the memorial garden where the bank once stood at the corner of 13th Street and Pasewalk Avenue.
Woodbury County's election commissioner expects more people to vote early this year. Pat Gill expects more than half of the county's registered voters to cast their ballots before the November 6th election. In Woodbury County, you can begin voting in-person Thursday at the county court house. Mail ballots will be sent out this weekend.
Eight Iowa TV stations, including KTIV, have dropped a campaign ad that criticizes Congressman Steve King's vote against an amendment dealing with animal fighting. Critics say it makes King look like a supporter of dog fighting. King calls that patently false and says he opposed the measure because he believes the matter should be left up to the states, not the federal government.
Siouxland children with special needs will soon have a new place where they can get medical treatment. With approval from the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors, an open space inside the Siouxland District Health Department building may be transformed for those kids. A childhood specialty clinic based out of the University of Iowa could fill the space. The new clinic would have a treatment area and a physician assistant on site to treat patients.
