THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PERSONNEL CHANGES IN SIOUX CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS AND UTILITIES DEPARTMENT.

CITY MANAGER PAUL ECKERT SAYS UTILTIES DIRECTOR JADE DUNDAS WILL ALSO HEAD THE PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION.

FORMER PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR CHRIS PAYER BECOMES THE CITY ENGINEER, A POSITION HE FORMERLY HELD.

CITY ENGINEER SCOTT LOGAN WILL NOW BE A SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER.

ECKERT SAYS BOTH PAYER AND LOGAN WILL TAKE PAY CUTS IN THEIR NEW POSITIONS:

ECKERT SAYS HE DOESN'T SEE ANY OTHER CHANGES COMING AT CITY HALL IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

FIRE CAUSED MAJOR DAMAGE TO A HOME ON THE CITY'S WESTSIDE LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO THE HOME IN THE 1300 BLOCK OF WEST 6TH STREET AROUND 5PM AFTER A FAMILY MEMBER SAW SMOKE IN AN UPSTAIRS BATHROOM AND CALLED 9-1-1.

THREE PEOPLE IN THE HOME AT THAT TIME ESCAPED SAFELY. FIRE DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN JESSE PEDERSEN SAYS THE FAMILY HAS BEEN LEFT HOMELESS:

PEDERSEN SAYS SMOKE DETECTORS WERE IN THE HOME, BUT DIDN'T WORK:

THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

A MAINTENANCE WORKER AT THE TYSON DAKOTA CITY PLANT DIED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WHILE WORKING ON A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN THE PLANT.

THE DAKOTA COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS 37 YEAR OLD RODNEY BRIDGETT WAS WORKING ON A PIECE OF MACHINERY JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT WHEN IT COLLAPSED ON HIM.

BRIDGETT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WHERE HE LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES.

TYSON SPOKESMAN GARY MICKELSON SAYS THE MACHINERY WAS NOT OPERATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

FIRST SHIFT OPERATIONS IN THE BEEF CARCASS PRODUCTION PART OF THE PLANT WERE SUSPENDED FOR THURSDAY.

SAFETY AND OPERATIONS PERSONNEL ARE INVESTIGATING THE MISHAP AND OSHA HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.

A TWO VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT 31ST AND JACKSON STREET THIS (THURSDAY) AFTERNOON SENT ONE PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL.

OFFICER BILL NICE OF THE SIOUX CITY POLICE EXPLAINS WHAT HAPPENED:

NO ONE ELSE WAS INJURED, BUT THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AROUND THE TIME A NEARBY SCHOOL WAS DISMISSING STUDENTS:

OFFICER NICE SAYS THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE THAT WENT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN SAYS HIS BRAKES FAILED TO WORK.

POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TO DETERMINE IF THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE COLLISION.

THAT ACCIDENT OCCURRED ABOUT 2:50PM.