STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS HALL OF SIOUX CITY HAS INTRODUCED A BILL IN THE IOWA LEGISLATURE THAT WOULD PROTECT SENIOR CITIZENS FROM PROPERTY TAX INCREASES:

UNDER THE MEASURE, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAXES WOULD ONLY INCREASE IF THE HOMEOWNER MADE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY.

ANOTHER PART OF HALL'S PLAN ALLOWS MORE TIME FOR HOMEOWNERS OF ANY AGE TO APPEAL A TAX INCREASE ON THEIR PROPERTY:

IF HALL'S MEASURE PASSES, THE PROPERTY TAX FREEZE FOR THOSE OVER 65 WOULD BE RETROACTIVE TO JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR.

NEBRASKA ATTORNEY GENERAL JON BRUNING BROUGHT HIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE U.S. SENATE TO SOUTH SIOUX CITY FRIDAY.

BRUNING, A REPUBLICAN WHO HAS SERVED THREE TERMS AS STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL, IS ONE OF THE LEAD FIGURES IN A LAWSUIT TO REPEAL "OBAMACARE":

BRUNING SAYS HE'S ALSO RUNNING BECAUSE FEDERAL SPENDING AND THE SCOPE OF GOVERNMENT HAS GOTTEN OUT OF CONTROL:

BRUNING HOPES TO WIN THE U.S. SENATE SEAT BEING VACATED BY RETIRING DEMOCRAT BEN NELSON.

THE 32ND ANNUAL UNIVERSITY OF OKOBOJI WINTER GAMES ARE UNDERWAY AT THE IOWA GREAT LAKES.

PROGRAM DIRECTOR JEN JOHNSON SAYS WHILE THERE IS SNOW ON THE GROUND, THE MILD WINTER WILL PREVENT ANY ACTIVITIES FROM BEING HELD ON THE LAKES THEMSELVES:

   
THAT MEANS MANY EVENTS HAVE BEEN MOVED ON LAND THIS WEEKEND:

ORGANIZERS ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO LEAVE THEIR SNOWMOBILES AT HOME THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE THIN ICE.

THE OKOBOJI WINTER GAMES CONCLUDE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A LINK TO THEIR SCHEDULE IS BELOW.

OKOBOJI GAMES SCHEDULE   
 

A SOUTH SIOUX CITY MAN CHARGED IN THE MURDER OF HIS FORMER GIRLFRIEND WILL BE ARRAIGNED IN COURT MONDAY.

JOHN P. BAKER IS CHARGED WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF KELLY ALSPACH AT THE HOME THEY SHARED LAST OCTOBER.

THE 53 YEAR OLD BAKER WILL BE ARRAIGNED IN DAKOTA COUNTY DISTRICT COURT AT 1PM MONDAY AFTERNOON.