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...

03/15/2020

Iowa’s court system is also being affected by COVID-19. The Iowa Supreme Court has issued an order postponing all criminal jury trials until April 20th and all civil jury trials until May 4th unless the jury has been sworn in. The postponements are to protect public safety by mitigating the impact...

02/27/2020

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the 8th Annual Cosmopolitan Club of Sioux City’s Train Show that was scheduled for March 7th & 8th in South Sioux City has been canceled. The Cosmopolitan Club of Sioux City says they are planning another train show for next year in 2021. If you have already purcha...

10/25/2019

10/03/2019

There will be an October meeting at the Sioux City Public Museum. Details coming soon.

09/10/2019

SIOUXLAND FREEDOM PARK WILL BE THE SITE OF A SPECIAL CEREMONY WEDNESDAY TO REMEMBER THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001. A DIGNIFIED RETIREMENT OF OLD AND DAMAGED AMERICAN FLAGS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION/VFW POSTS OF DAKOTA CITY, HOMER, JACKSON AND SOUTH SIOUX CITY. THERE WI...

07/24/2019

Traffic has slowed again at the I-29 bridge over the Big Sioux River at the Iowa-South Dakota border. South Dakota D-O-T officials say bridge deck repair work on the northbound lanes is underway and will last through Friday. Traffic will be reduced to one lane across the structure while work is comp...

04/05/2019

The U.S.S. Sioux City has a new captain at the helm of the ship. Commander Chavius Lewis assumed command of the Littoral Combat Ship. Barbara Sloniker of the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce attended the ceremony at the Naval Station in Mayport, Florida this (Friday) morning where Commander Randy Malon...

11/06/2018

The Sioux City Council has passed the first reading of an ordinance that will make it a misdemeanor to carry a BB gun in public. The council voted 5-0 Monday on the proposal to bar people from carrying “toy” fi****ms, such as pellet guns, which police say are becoming increasingly difficult to d...

10/25/2018

Woodbury County has restored the link on its website to allow citizens to view past meetings of county supervisors posted on You Tube. Supervisor’s Chairman Rocky DeWitt says the link was restored Thursday morning: OC……….the county attorney. :17 The county dropped the link when they decided ...

10/24/2018

One Woodbury County Supervisor is publicly stating his opposition to the county’s abrupt decision to end live streaming of the board’s meetings Tuesday. Matthew Ung says he is disappointed by the county’s decision: OC……….in California. :17 That perceived threat is over a lack of closed c...

10/23/2018

THE WOODBURY COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS JOINED THE SIOUX CITY COUNCIL AND SIOUX CITY SCHOOL BOARD IN DISCONTINUING TO LIVE STREAM THEIR MEETINGS TO THE PUBLIC. THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS ENDED LIVE STREAMING AS OF TODAY’S (TUESDAY’S) MEETING. WOODBURY COUNTY BOARD CHAIRMAN ROCKY DE WITT SAYS TH...

09/25/2018

Apparently someone didn't make a good impression on a recent visit to Cherokee. Just sharing this for what it's worth.

The phone kept ringing Wednesday morning with callers excited and many seeking information about the fantastic news available only in the Chronicle Times that the former Cherokee Tyson Foods Plant was sold and new owners will operate a meat processing facility there beginning in January...

08/22/2018

Dakota County authorities got some help from a local TV reporter in finding a missing boy Wednesday afternoon that had wandered off into a cornfield. Deputies were dispatched to the 1600 block of Hamlin Avenue in response to a 9-1-1 call of a missing three year old child around 12:30pm. The boy’s ...

08/09/2018

A MOVIE SHOWING THE STRUGGLES OF SOLDIERS TRANSITIONING BACK HOME TO CIVILIAN LIFE AFTER SERVING IN COMBAT WILL BE SHOWN FOR FREE AT THE ORPHEUM THEATER TONIGHT (THURSDAY). “TRAUMA”FOLLOWS A BLACK HAWK HELICOPTER MEDIVAC PLATOON SERVING IN AFGHANISTAN AND THEIR TRANSITION TO LIFE BACK HOME. SARA...

08/01/2018

A long time member of the Siouxland news media has passed away. Jolene Stevens died Wednesday morning at a Sgt. Bluff care facility at the age of 80. Stevens graduated from Iowa State University in 1961 with a degree in Agricultural Journalism. Her first job was with the Fort Dodge Messenger and she...

05/31/2018

Press Club members, Chris Groves, the new SCPD Public Information Officer will meet with us on Wednesday, June 6th at 11:30 a.m. at Police HQ. He is hoping to meet all of the local news directors and reporters who can make it. Hope to see you there.

04/09/2018

There are many new reporters and photographers and also a few new judges, so the Sioux City Press Club will have another discussion session on covering trials and cameras in the courtroom on Tuesday, April 10th, at noon in the Woodbury County Courthouse, Room 201.
Chief Judge Duane Hoffmeyer, Court Administrator Pam Calhoun and Press Club President Woody Gottburg will lead the discussion.
I'm happy to say that also coming to the meeting are Steve Davis,Communications director for the Iowa Court system and Randy Evans, Executive Director of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council.
We hope to have representatives from all local news organizations and especially those who may be covering a trial.
It will be a “brown bag” bring your own lunch session for those who wish to.
If you haven't sent an RSVP to me yet, please do Monday.as to who will be attending and please share this with your news staff.
While this meeting is geared for working journalists, the general press club membership is welcome to attend if they wish to.
The meeting should last around an hour.

Thanks,

Woody Gottburg
Media Court Coordinator
News Director
KSCJ Radio/Powell Broadcasting

01/04/2018

Hi everyone,

Yes it's true, Press Club will meet again to start the New Year with some annual business.

We will meet at the Sioux City Public Museum on Wednesday, January 17th at noon. The museum is at 4th and Nebraska and hopefully 4th Street will be repaired by that time.

Pizza & something to drink will be provided.

The election of a new board of officers will take place. Current officers, if you wish to keep serving, please let me know.

The Siouxland Community Foundation will present a program for us.

Also, we’ll be officially recognizing the recipient of the Karen A. Luken Memorial Scholarship at that meeting, Sara Alexander, from LeMars, Iowa, a senior at Morningside College.

Please RSVP to Woody by Friday, January 12th so we know how much pizza to order.

Thanks and hope to see you there.

12/01/2017

ONE OF SIOUX CITY’S BEST KNOWN HISTORIANS RECEIVED A SPECIAL HONOR FOR HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY FRIDAY. GEORGE LINDBLADE WAS MADE AN HONORARY CAPTAIN BY FIRE CHIEF TOM EVERETT AND POLICE CHIEF REX MUELLER. THE CHIEFS PRESENTED LINDBLADE, WHO HAS COVERED FIRES AND POLICE CALLS MOST OF HIS LIFE, WITH CAPTA...

10/26/2017

The six candidates running for three open seats on the city council of Sioux City will take questions in a candidates forum this evening at City Hall. Incumbent Councilmen Pete Groetken, Dan Moore and Alex Watters are looking to retain their seats on the council. The three challengers are Jake Junge...

09/28/2017

Sad to report the passing of a friend who means a lot to the local law enforcement community.

THE WOMAN WHO SPEARHEADED THE CREATION OF SIOUX CITY’S LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL HAS PASSED AWAY. 79 YEAR OLD KRIS HERMANN DIED WEDNESDAY AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. HERMANN LOST HER SON, CORPORAL JON HERMANN, IN 1993 IN A PLANE CRASH WHILE HE WAS SERVING WITH THE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. SHE WAS A FIX...

09/07/2017

Here's where to vote in the school board election.

ABSENTEE VOTING IS CONTINUING LEADING UP TO NEXT TUESDAY’S SIOUX CITY SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. WOODBURY COUNTY AUDITOR PAT GILL SAYS THERE’S BEEN A STEADY EARLY TURNOUT SO FAR: OC……..BIT OF AN INCREASE. :19 MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY YOU MAY VOTE ABSENTEE AT THE WOODBURY COUNTY COURTHOUSE. GILL SAYS THERE...

09/07/2017

13 VOTING LOCATIONS FOR CITY SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION - KSCJ 1360

Here's where to vote in the school board election.

ABSENTEE VOTING IS CONTINUING LEADING UP TO NEXT TUESDAY’S SIOUX CITY SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION. WOODBURY COUNTY AUDITOR PAT GILL SAYS THERE’S BEEN A STEADY EARLY TURNOUT SO FAR: OC……..BIT OF AN INCREASE. :19 MONDAY IS THE LAST DAY YOU MAY VOTE ABSENTEE AT THE WOODBURY COUNTY COURTHOUSE. GILL SAYS THERE...

08/15/2017

Congratulations Rex.

Sioux City’s new police chief is being promoted from within the ranks. Captain Rex Mueller was introduced as the new chief by City Manager Bob Padmore on Tuesday: OC…..and honor. :21 Mueller has more than 21 years of experience with the Sioux City Police Department, starting back in 1996. He says th...

08/15/2017

REX MUELLER CHOSEN AS CITY'S NEW POLICE CHIEF - KSCJ 1360

Congratulations Rex.

Sioux City’s new police chief is being promoted from within the ranks. Captain Rex Mueller was introduced as the new chief by City Manager Bob Padmore on Tuesday: OC…..and honor. :21 Mueller has more than 21 years of experience with the Sioux City Police Department, starting back in 1996. He says th...

06/16/2017

Larry also worked briefly for KCAU.

A well known Le Mars radio newscaster has passed away. Longtime KLEM news director Larry Schmitz died Thursday at the age of 75. Dave Grosenheider of Powell Broadcasting reported for Larry at KLEM: OC……….IN 2007. ;26 Grosenheider says Schmitz also worked at another job where he served the public in…

06/16/2017

LONGTIME KLEM RADIO NEWSCASTER PASSES AWAY - KSCJ 1360

Larry also worked briefly for KCAU.

A well known Le Mars radio newscaster has passed away. Longtime KLEM news director Larry Schmitz died Thursday at the age of 75. Dave Grosenheider of Powell Broadcasting reported for Larry at KLEM: OC……….IN 2007. ;26 Grosenheider says Schmitz also worked at another job where he served the public in…

05/16/2017

Press Club Members, feel free to forward this information to interested, qualified professionals:

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