A SIOUX CITY BUSINESSMAN AND FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER HAS ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY FOR THE IOWA HOUSE.

GREG GRUPP WILL SEEK THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 14.

GRUPP IS RETIRING FROM HIS CURRENT POSITION AS PRESIDENT OF U.S. BANK  IN SIOUX CITY, TO RUN FOR THE STATEHOUSE SEAT.

HE'S ALSO A PAST CHAIRMAN OF THE SIOUXLAND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
 

LAST MONDAY WE TOLD YOU ABOUT A GOOD SAMARITAN IN LYON COUNTY WHO WAS ROBBED OF HIS DEBIT CARD WHEN HE STOPPED TO AID A STRANDED MOTORIST.

IT TURNS OUT HE WAS LYING.

THE LYON COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS THE SUPPOSED VICTIM, AARON ABELS, CONFESSED THAT HE MADE THE STORY UP.

ABELS HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO MISDEMEANOR COUNTS OF FILING A FALSE REPORT.
HE WAS RELEASED FROM JAIL LAST WEEK AFTER POSTING A THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.

WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL STARTED ITS BUDGET PROCESS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, GAS PRICES WERE AROUND THREE DOLLARS A GALLON.

TODAY PRICES ARE APPROACHING $3.50 A GALLON WITH SPECULATION THEY COULD EVENTUALLY TOP OUT BETWEEN FOUR AND FIVE DOLLARS.

MAYOR BOB SCOTT SAYS CITY DEPARTMENTS BUDGETED FOR FUEL COSTS THE BEST THEY COULD:

SCOTT SAYS THE CITY IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE FINANCIALLY AND CAN ADJUST IF PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE.

HE SAYS DEPARTMENTS BUDGET FOR A SET PRICE OVER THE ENTIRE YEAR, AND THAT COVERS SOME PRICE FLUCTUATIONS.

COMEDIAN STEVE MARTIN WILL PERFORM IN SIOUX CITY THIS SUMMER WITH THE BLUEGRASS BAND...THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS.

MARTIN IS AN ACCOMPLISHED BANJO PLAYER AND LAST YEAR RELEASED HIS SECOND BLUE GRASS ALBUM WITH THE RANGERS CALLED "RARE BIRD ALERT".

PROMOTER DAVE BERNSTEIN SAYS HE WANTED TO BOOK MARTIN AND THE BAND INTO THE ORPHEUM AFTER WATCHING THEM PERFORM IN CHICAGO:

THE CONCERT IS A FUNDRAISER FOR THE ANNUAL SATURDAY IN THE PARK MUSIC FESTIVAL.

TICKETS GO ON SALE SATURDAY, MARCH 3RD AT THE TYSON EVENTS CENTER BOX OFFICE AND ONLINE THROUGH TICKETMASTER-DOT-COM.

BERNSTEIN SAYS THAT'S WHERE THE BEST PRICES FOR THE EVENT WILL BE FOUND:

STEVE MARTIN AND THE STEEP CANYON RANGERS WILL TAKE THE ORPHEUM STAGE ON FRIDAY, JUNE 22ND AT 7:30PM.