THE SIOUX CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE THE FIRST STEP IN HELPING SABRE INDUSTRIES EXPAND THEIR BUSINESS IN THE SOUTHBRIDGE INDUSTRIAL PARK AT THEIR MONDAY MEETING.
 

CITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MARTY DOUGHERTY SAYS THE COMPANY WILL BE THE FIRST BUSINESS TO BUILD AT SOUTHBRIDGE:

SABRE'S CURRENT FACILITY SITS ON 16 ACRES IN THE BRIDGEPORT AREA. DOUGHERTY SAYS THE CITY WILL USE THAT FACILITY AS A SPEC BUILDING ONCE SABRE MOVES TO SOUTHBRIDGE:

THE AGREEMENT WITH SABRE CALLS FOR A 199 YEAR LEASE OF THE PROPERTY.

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.