December 19, 2025

Concerns are rising about whether Sioux City’s largest healthcare provider will continue to accept some insurance plans. UnityPoint Health took over MercyOne in Sioux City on September 1st and agreed to accept insurance plans used by MercyOne patients through year’s end, though an effort is underway to extend the agreement through March. Shannon Stewart, a […] View Full Story

State-led plans to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence are coming into focus, but state officials are inviting Iowans to get creative and plan their own celebrations throughout the state. Lieutenant Governor Chris Cournoyer is co-chair of the America 250 initiative in Iowa. “The America 250 celebration is our stage,” Cournoyer said yesterday. “This […] View Full Story

Part of the steel structure of the old Mississippi River Bridge from Lansing into Wisconsin will be dropped with explosives this morning. DOT engineer Clayton Burke says they plan is to take down the east and middle sections of the bridge at 9:30 a.m. Workers have removed the cement deck off the bridge. The DOT […] View Full Story