IOWA DEMOCRATIC 4TH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE CHRISTIE VILSACK RAISED NEARLY 400-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HER CAMPAIGN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2012.
VILSACK ALSO HAS OVER 900-THOUSAND DOLLARS CASH ON HAND.

SHE SAYS SHE'S HUMBLED TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF SO MANY IOWANS. VILSACK HAS ANNOUNCED A BI-PARTISAN LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR HER CAMPAIGN THAT INCLUDES SIOUX CITY BUSINESSMAN IRVING JENSEN AND STATE SENATE PRESIDENT JACK KIBBIE OF EMMETSBURG.

The Weinstein Company says the rating for the film documentary "Bully" has been lowered from R to PG-13.

The company says an edited version of the film will be released April 13 with a PG-13 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America.

The MPAA originally gave the film an R rating for language and declined to change it when the Weinstein Co. appealed. An R rating restricts kids under age 17 from seeing the movie
without an accompanying adult, so the company released the film March 30 in limited release without a rating.

The Weinstein Co. says three uses of an expletive were removed to earn the PG-13 rating.

"Bully" examines school bullying by following five kids over the course of a school year. former East middle school student Alex Libby is one of the students profiled and part of the movie was filmed in Sioux City.  It's directed by Lee Hirsch.

Associated Press contributed to this story

OFFICIALS IN SOUTH SIOUX CITY ARE WONDERING IF THERE WILL BE A SUMMER BOATING SEASON ON THE NEBRASKA SIDE OF THE MISSOURI RIVER THIS YEAR.

CITY ADMINSTRATOR LANCE HEDQUIST SAYS REPAIRS ARE STALLED ON THE CITY BOAT RAMP BECAUSE THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS WON'T APPROVE A PROJECT PERMIT BEFORE JULY 1ST:

HEDQUIST SAYS IT'S FRUSTRATING TO HAVE TO WAIT, BECAUSE STARTING IN JULY MEANS WORK WON'T BE COMPLETED UNTIL SUMMER IS ABOUT OVER:

HEDQUIST SAYS THE CITY ENGINEER HAS BEEN CALLING THE CORPS TWICE A WEEK FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS WITHOUT GETTING A RESPONSE ON THE MATTER.

DRIVERS HAVE BEEN INCURRING LONG WAITS TO GET FROM SOUTH SIOUX CITY, NEBRASKA OVER THE VETERANS BRIDGE INTO IOWA THE PAST FEW WEEKS.

THAT'S BECAUSE OF RAMP WORK AND OVERPASS REMOVAL ON THE SIOUX CITY SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.

SOUTH SIOUX CITY ADMINISTRATOR LANCE HEDQUIST SAYS DRIVING TIMES HAVE STARTED TO IMPROVE:

HEDQUIST SAYS DRIVERS NEED TO BE PATIENT WHILE THE BRIDGE IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE BY THE IOWA D-O-T:

THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WILL DISCUSS THE SITUATION AT THE SOUTH SIOUX CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MONDAY AFTERNOON.