THE SIOUXLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS SPONSORING A COMMUNITY PICNIC SATURDAY AT THE TYSON EVENTS CENTER TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR B-P-I. CHAMBER PRESIDENT CHRIS MCGOWAN SAYS THE PICNIC IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC:

MCGOWAN SAYS IT'S A WAY TO SHOW SUPPORT NOT JUST FOR B-P-I BUT THE SIOUXLAND AREA:

GOVERNOR TERRY BRANSTAD AND FIFTH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING SAY THEY'LL BE ATTENDING.
   

THE PICNIC IS SATURDAY, FROM 11AM UNTIL 1PM AT THE TYSON EVENTS CENTER PARKING LOT AT THE INTERSECTION OF PIERCE AND GORDON DRIVE.

KSCJ BEGINS CELEBRATING ITS 85TH ANNIVERSARY SATURDAY AT THE SIOUX CITY MUSEUM.
DON MILLER AND LARRY FULLER WILL HAVE A SPECIAL EXTENDED BROADCAST OF NOSTALGIA THEATER BEGINNING AT 9AM AND RUNNING UNTIL 1PM.

WE’LL HAVE INTERVIEWS WITH KSCJ ON-AIR PERSONALITIES FROM THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES , AS WELL AS SOME GREAT OLD TIME SHOWS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO.
    

KSCJ ORIGINALLY SIGNED ON THE AIR APRIL 4TH OF 1927. STOP BY THE DOWNTOWN MUSEUM AND SAY HI AND HAVE A PIECE OF BIRTHDAY CAKE.

SIOUX CITY WANTS TO ELIMINATE AN ISSUE THAT'S GIVEN OUR TOWN AN UNCOMPLIMENTARY NICKNAME OVER THE YEARS. MAYOR BOB SCOTT SAYS IT'S TIME TO GET RID OF THE NICKNAME "SEWER CITY":

ON MONDAY THE CITY COUNCIL WILL LOOK AT A CONTRACT WITH A GEORGIA COMPANY TO PROVIDE ODOR CONTROL DEVICES FOR SOME CITY FACILITIES:

THE CONTRACT WILL BE FOR ONE YEAR WITH FOUR OPTION YEARS. IT WILL BE PAID FOR BY THE CURRENT ODOR CONTROL BUDGET AND SAVINGS FROM THE WASTEWATER PLANT.

A CITIZENS COMMITTEE ON ODOR WILL ALSO BE FORMED BY THE CITY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
  

SOME MORE CITY STREET CLOSINGS AND DETOURS ARE IN STORE FOR DRIVERS NEXT WEEK AS WE SWING INTO ROAD CONSTRUCTION SEASON.

FAIRMOUNT STREET AT 2ND STREET  WILL CLOSE MONDAY MORNING FOR PAVEMENT AND UTILITY RECONSTRUCTION. DETOURS WILL BE POSTED FOR THE WORK THAT WILL TAKE UNTIL MID-MAY TO COMPLETE.

THEN ON NEXT FRIDAY, THE HAMILTON BOULEVARD-WESLEY PARKWAY PROJECT RESUMES.ONE LANE OF HAMILTON EACH WAY FROM WEST 8TH TO WEST 15TH WILL BE CLOSED, SO TRAFFIC WILL BE SLOWED.

THAT PROJECT INVOLVES NEW WATER MAIN AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION, TO BE FOLLOWED BY PAVING OF THE INTERSECTIONS AND THE HAMILTON BOULEVARD MAINLINE. THAT WORK WILL TAKE SEVERAL WEEKS TO COMPLETE.