Greater Sioux City Press Club

02/18/2022

Here is a video of the suspect cars from the shooting Monday.

On February 14 at 12:54 p.m., the Sioux City Police Department received reports of shots being fired at Riverside Blvd. and W. 19th St. in Sioux City. Respon...

12/09/2021

Welcome to the new president.

DR. ALBERT MOSLEY HAS BEEN NAMED THE 13TH PRESIDENT OF MORNINGSIDE UNIVERSITY. MOSLEY1 OC…….WHOLE PERSONS. :20 WHILE SERVING AS THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER FOR BETHUNE-COOKMAN UNIVERSITY IN DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA, MOSLEY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL DIRECTION AND ...

10/20/2021

SIOUX CITY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT WHERE SEVERAL SHOTS WERE FIRED IN THE 1600 BLOCK OF DOUGLAS STREET AROUND 3 P.M. POLICE SGT. JEREMY MCCLURE SAYS THE INCIDENT APPARENTLY STARTED AS A DISPUTE BETWEEN PEOPLE IN TWO DIFFERENT VEHICLES: SHOTS4 OC……….FLED THE AREA. :20 POLICE RECOVER...

09/15/2021

The Greater Sioux City Press Club annually awards the Karen A. Luken Memorial Scholarship, in the amount of $1,000, to a college student studying Mass Communication or Journalism at an area college/university. The details are at the Siouxland Community Foundation website. But, the basics are this:

BACKGROUND: This scholarship fund was established in 2005 by the Greater Sioux City Press Club to provide assistance for college students pursuing a career in Mass Communication or Journalism. The name was changed to Karen A. Luken in honor of her commitment to mass communications.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: Applicants must be a sophomore, junior, or senior in college that has declared a major in the Mass Communication Department or Journalism. Qualifying institutions include Briar Cliff University, Buena Vista University, Dordt College, Morningside University, Northeast Community College, Northwestern College, University of South Dakota and Wayne State College. Applicant must be a full-time student with a 3.0 minimum G.P.A.

APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Application must be received by the December 1 deadline and must include the following:

• Completed online application
• 250 word essay on why you are studying journalism/Mass Communication
• One letter of recommendation from a departmental professor of your major
• Official transcript of grades
• One to three sample(s) of your work (provide a link to your on-line portfolio)

Apply at
https://siouxlandcommunityfoundation.org/foundation-programs/

07/10/2021

06/01/2021

A WHITING, IOWA MAN IS IN CUSTODY CHARGED WITH 2ND DEGREE MURDER FOLLOWING A SHOOTING MONDAY AFTERNOON IN RURAL WOODBURY COUNTY THAT LEFT ONE PERSON DEAD AND ANOTHER WOUNDED. 20 YEAR OLD MARVIN HILDRETH JR. IS ALSO CHARGED WITH GOING ARMED WITH INTENT. WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF CHAD SHEEHAN SAYS EMERG...

10/13/2020

Congratulations Marcia!

AN OUTDOOR MUSICAL GARDEN AT THE LEWIS AND CLARK INTERPRETIVE CENTER PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE FORMER LONGTIME DIRECTOR OF THE AGENCY. CURRENT DIRECTOR MIKE MCCORMICK SAYS “MARCIA’S FLOWERS” HONORS MARCIA POOLE, WHO SERVED THE CENTER FOR 17 YEARS AND LOVED TO SING AT MEETINGS AND CEREMONIES: OC….....

10/07/2020

The foundation honoring the memory of one of Sioux City’s best known media personalities is ending operations by making one final donation. The Tom Peterson Memorial Foundation board of directors has agreed to end operations and make a final contribution to the organization it’s supported over t...

07/06/2020

Glad to say it was not vandalism here.

CITY OFFICIALS SAY THE DAMAGE TO THE MEMORIAL TO THE CRASH OF UNITED FLIGHT 232 ON THE CITY’S RIVERFRONT WAS CAUSED BY NATURE AND NOT BY VANDALISM. CITY PARKS DIRECTOR MATT SALVATORE SAYS THE ISSUES BEGAN WHEN THE SIDEWALK THERE STARTED FAILING: OC………FOUR DIFFERENT PLACES. :23 TWO STONE PIEC...

06/18/2020

Bill was a big help to me early in my career as he was to so many young journalists and sportscasters in Sioux City.

A SIOUX CITY TV PIONEER WHO MANAGED BOTH CHANNEL 9 AND CHANNEL 4 IN THE PRE-CABLE DAYS OF TELEVISION HAS PASSED AWAY. BILL TURNER DIED TUESDAY AT AGE 90 AT HIS HOME IN NAPLES FLORIDA. TURNER MANAGED WHAT IS NOW KCAU TV FOR 20 YEARS BEGINNING IN 1960, AND THEN WAS HIRED BY KTIV FOLLOWING …

06/10/2020

Health officials in Woodbury County struggled for weeks with what to do about a Tyson meatpacking plant in Nebraska that contributed to a rise in COVID-19

04/11/2020

You think it's bad now? In Woodbury County more than 450 people died after being infected with the Spanish flu virus between September 1918 and May 1919. My grandfather was one of a handful of soldiers in his platoon who survived at Camp Dodge where he was stationed near the end of World War One. He lived to be 104. this will be an excellent program to view online starting Thursday.

Sioux City’s Public Museum is moving it’s History at High Noon program on the “Great Influenza Pandemic in Sioux City from 1918-1919” online. The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 was one of the deadliest events in human history. Experts say 500 million people were infected worldwide and at le...