Woodbury County News

It seems like a story right out of a tabloid magazine, a man so over weight he was trapped inside his home, and it's happened right here in Sioux City.

The Iowa Department of Public Health Friday reported three additional H1N1-related deaths in Iowa.

On Wednesday, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported four more Iowans have died of the H1N1 flu virus, including one from Monona County.

The H1N1 flu vaccine will now be available to a couple of high priority groups in Woodbury County.

Siouxland continues to see fewer doses of the H1N1 vaccine than expected. Siouxland District Health leaders told Sioux City councilmen they receive about three percent of all the vaccines that arrive in Iowa.

Plans to bring low income housing to the old Crittenton Center and Downtown YMCA may be altered with the sale of the YMCA.

Highway 12 in Plymouth County will close November 2nd so crews can repair a potential embankment slide.

Siouxland District Health held an H1N1 vaccine clinic at the Lawton-Bronson High School Wednesday.

They were piling into Chet's Foods to get a sneak peak of Moville's new store before it opens, and some are so excited, some have already made their grocery lists.

The Woodbury County Republican Party will be hosting a debate between several of the GOP candidates for Iowa Governor.

Last week, Iowa's governor issued a ten percent across the board cut in state spending.

You won't find many of these in rural areas. But a new roundabout in Winnebago, Nebraska is taking drivers in circles.

Woodbury County law enforcement worked together to find a missing person during a life saving drill.

You won't find many of these in rural areas. But a new roundabout in Winnebago, Nebraska is taking drivers in circles.

THERE ARE 53 FEWER STUDENTS ENROLLED IN CLASSES THIS FALL AT LE MARS COMMUNITY. THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS WILL IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF STATE MONEY THE DISTRICT HAS TO FUND EDUCATION FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.

ADOPTION SATURDAY IS AT THE WOODBURY COUNTY COURTHOUSE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH AT TEN IN THE MORNING.

H1N1: Vaccine Concerns Small Town, Big Help After being dropped from his insurance in April, Gary Rioridan has been struggling to pay for medications to keep him stable as he waits for a liver transplant.

H1N1: Vaccine Concerns Small Town, Big Help After being dropped from his insurance in April, Gary Rioridan has been struggling to pay for medications to keep him stable as he waits for a liver transplant.

H1N1: Vaccine Concerns Small Town, Big Help After being dropped from his insurance in April, Gary Rioridan has been struggling to pay for medications to keep him stable as he waits for a liver transplant.

Flooding has been Sioux City and Woodbury County's biggest disaster threat for years.