THE IDA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING THE DISCOVERY OF A BODY NEAR ARTHUR.

THE IDA COUNTY COMMUNICATIONS CENTER RECEIVED A CALL THURSDAY MORNING FROM A SECONDARY ROAD WORKER STATING HE HAD DISCOVERED A DECEASED BODY LYING IN A DITCH SOUTH OF ARTHUR.

DEPUTIES SAY THE ADULT MALE BODY WAS LYING NEAR A CULVERT. THE BODY WAS REMOVED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE STATE MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE IN ANKENY FOR AN AUTOPSY.

ABOUT 400 COMPETITORS WILL CONVENE AT THE SIOUX CITY CONVENTION CENTER BEGINNING ON FRIDAY THIS WEEK FOR THE 20TH ANNUAL MIDWEST DART CHAMPIONSHIP. 

DART LEAGUE DIRECTOR DAN LANE SAYS DART THROWERS FROM IOWA, NEBRASKA, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND MINNESOTA WILL BE ON HAND TO TAKE HOME AWARDS FOR THEIR EFFORTS.

LANE EXPLAINS WHAT TYPE PRIZES ARE BEING OFFERED:

THIS YEARS CONTEST OFFERS NEARLY $20,000 IN CASH AND PRIZES.

LANE SAYS PLAYERS GAIN ELIGIBILITY BY PLAYING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF NIGHT IN LOCAL LEAGUES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.  THE TOURNAMENTS ARE FEE TO SPECTATORS. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT DAN LANE ON 712-255-5474.

A MESSAGE ON TWITTER REFERENCING A STUDENT BRINGING A GUN TO SCHOOL LED TO A SEARCH AT DAKOTA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ON THURSDAY.

SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT AL LEBER SAYS A STUDENT REPORTED THE TWEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND AUTHORITIES WERE NOTIFIED AS A PRECAUTION.

LEBER DECLINED A RECORDED INTERVIEW, BUT SAYS AUTHORITES DETERMINED THERE WAS NO THREAT TO STUDENTS.

SINCE THE PROCESS WAS PUT IN PLACE TO CONDUCT A SEARCH, LEBER SAYS THE SCHOOL RAN A SEARCH AS A DRILL THURSDAY MORNING.

STUDENTS COATS, HANDBAGS AND BOOKBAGS WERE INCLUDED IN THE SEARCH. NO WEAPONS WERE FOUND.

UNION COUNTY AND NORTH SIOUX CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT ON THE MATTER.

A WELL KNOWN CHICAGO COMEDY GROUP WILL HEADLINE THIS YEAR'S TOM PETERSON MEMORIAL BENEFIT FOR THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY THEATER.

EVENT SPOKESMAN TIM SEAMAN SAYS THE SECOND CITY COMEDY GROUP MAKES A RETURN APPEARANCE TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE THEATER'S FOUNDATION:

THE EVENT IS NAMED FOR THE FORMER KCAU-TV WEATHERMAN WHO LATER BECAME THE MANAGER OF THE COMMUNITY THEATER. PETERSON DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT WHILE TRAVELING IN MINNESOTA IN 1997.

TICKETS FOR THE EVENT ARE $35 DOLLARS AND SUPPORT THE THEATER'S ENDOWMENT:
 

SECOND CITY  WILL PERFORM TWO SHOWS ON FEBRUARY 25TH. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE SIOUX CITY COMMUNITY THEATER ONLINE AND AT THEIR BOX OFFICE.