SPRING CLEANING EFFORTS ARE GETTING UNDERWAY IN SIOUX CITY TO CLEAR OUT LITTER AND TRASH THAT'S ACCUMULATED IN STREETS AND PARKS DURING THE WINTER.

FIELD SERVICES CREWS WILL CONTINUE THEIR EFFORTS UNTIL ALL RIGHTS-OF-WAY AND PARKS HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP AT LEAST ONE TIME.

YOU CAN HELP BY NOT THROWING PAPER, CIGARETTE BUTTS, OR OTHER DEBRIS ONTO THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY.....AND BY MAKING SURE TRASH CAN LIDS ARE CLOSED SO DEBRIS DOES NOT BLOW OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE CITY SPENT AROUND $108,000 IN 2012 AND OVER $23,000 SINCE JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR ON CLEAN-UP EFFORTS.

IF YOU SEE A PUBLIC AREA THAT NEEDS LITTER PICKED UP, CALL THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AT 712.279.6222.

IF YOU WITNESS SOMEONE LITTERING, CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 712.279.6440.