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A Sioux City bank founded in 1923 was one of five banks closed by regulators on Friday evening. The closure marks the first bank failure in Iowa in nearly a decade.
Vantus Bank, which had $458 million in assets and $368 million in deposits, was closed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., an independent agency tasked [...]

The July 19, 1989 United Airlines flight 232 from Denver to Chicago ended in an Iowa cornfield. Although 111 people lost their lives, heroic efforts by Capt. Al Haynes saved 185 others.
“We were too busy” to be scared, Haynes told Dominic Gates of The Seattle Times. “You must maintain your composure in the airplane or [...]

A 47-year-old Sioux City man is in federal custody today on charges that he crossed a state line with intent to engage in a sexual act with a child under the age of 12.

The symbolic vote by the Sioux City Council opposing same-sex marriage is “divisive, demeaning, and shameful,” the state’s largest LGBT advocacy organization said Tuesday.
Carolyn Jenison, the executive director One Iowa, said the resolution singles out gays and lesbians for unequal treatment.
“It’s disheartening to see council members pushing such a mean-spirited resolution, when most Iowans want [...]

In a 3 to 2 vote Monday night, the Sioux City Council passed a resolution that says the legal definition of marriage is one man and one woman and asks the Iowa Legislature to place a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on the ballot.

A resolution that would define marriage as between one man and one woman may go before the Sioux City Council again next week.

A resolution defining marriage as being between one man and one woman has been tabled by the Sioux City council in order to review whether it would open up the city to litigation.

A resolution scheduled to be voted on tonight by the Sioux City council opposing same-sex marriage endorses discrimination and should be rejected, the ACLU of Iowa’s Executive Director Ben Stone said today.
“The resolution contains language stating that it is about ‘respect [for] the rule of law and majority opinion,’” Stone said. “Such rhetoric was commonly [...]

In a mostly symbolic move, the Sioux City council will consider a resolution tonight opposing same-sex marriage.
The resolution, authored by Councilman Brent Hoffman, would have very little real impact since cities lack authority over marriage. But Hoffman told The Des Moines Register that it would direct city departments, boards and commissions to stay in [...]

Documentary film legend Ken Burns is scheduled to speak at Morningside College in Sioux City Oct. 15.
Here is The Sioux City Journal with more details:
SIOUX CITY — Acclaimed filmmaker Ken Burns will explore the human dimensions of World War II when he is featured speaker for the 2008 Peter Waitt Lecture Oct. 15 at [...]