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.

TWO LOCAL YOUTH PROGRAMS RECEIVED A BOOST FROM WOMEN UNITED.

THE GOODWILL INDUSTRIES YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAM KNOWN AS "GOOD GUIDES" RECIEVED A GRANT FOR $42,500.

GARY FUENTES IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAM WHICH SERVES AROUND 70 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AGE YOUTH IN THE METRO AREA:

WOMEN UNITED VICE-CHAIRWOMAN CATHY PERLEY PRESENTED A GRANT OF $30-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE UNITED WAY'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY MONTHLY BOOK PROGRAM.

THAT PROGRAM PROVIDES BOOKS TO PRE-KINDERGARTEN CHILDREN:

THE PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN WITHIN A 40 MILES RADIUS OF SIOUX CITY.

FIRE INVESTIGATORS HAVE WRAPPED UP THEIR LOOK INTO WHAT CAUSED TWO OTHER LOCAL FIRES LAST FRIDAY.

A HOUSE FIRE IN THE 4300 BLOCK OF ORLEANS AVENUE IN MORNINGSIDE WAS ATTRIBUTED TO A HEAT LAMP IN A CLOSET THAT STARTED NEARBY COMBUSTIBLES BURNING.

THAT SAME AFTERNOON, FIRE STARTED IN AN ATTACHED SHED TO A GROCERY STORE AT WEST 26TH AND MYRTLE STREETS.

THAT FIRE IS BLAMED ON A CHARCOAL GRILL THAT WAS IN USE IN THE SHED AT THE TIME THE BLAZE BROKE OUT

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

TYSON SPOKESMAN GARY MIKELSON SAYS THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. 

THE UNIDENTIFIED WORKER WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL, BUT DIED OF HIS INJURIES. 

MIKELSON SAYS FIRST SHIFT OPERATIONS IN THE BEEF CARCASS PRODUCTION PART OF THE PLANT HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FOR THURSDAY. 

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