TWO WELL KNOWN SIOUXLAND RESIDENTS ARE THE RECIPIENTS OF THIS YEAR'S 2011 WAR EAGLE HUMAN RIGHTS AWARDS.

FRANK LAMERE AND TITO PARKER WERE HONORED AT THE ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION LUNCHEON TODAY (FRIDAY) AT CITY HALL.

LAMERE HAS BEEN A LONGTIME CRUSADER FOR NATIVE AMERICAN RIGHTS IN CHILD WELFARE, JUVENILE JUSTICE AND LEGAL ISSUES.

PARKER IS A COUNSELOR AT EAST MIDDLE AND WHITTIER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, AND WORKS WITH YOUTH IN A VARIETY OF ACTIVITIES, AND HELPS ORGANIZE THE ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. CELEBRATION.

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS GIVEN THE GREEN LIGHT TO AMERICAN EAGLE TO PROVIDE AIR SERVICE TO SIOUX CITY.

A TWO YEAR FEDERAL ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE SUBSIDY WILL MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR AMERICAN EAGLE TO PROVIDE TWO DAILY FLIGHTS TO CHICAGO'S O'HARE AIRPORT.

THE AIRLINE WAS CHOSEN BY SIOUX GATEWAY'S AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD AND ENDORSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO REPLACE DELTA AIRLINES.
 

DELTA CURRENTLY PROVIDES TWO DAILY FLIGHTS TO MINNEAPOLIS.

THE TIMETABLE FOR THE SWITCH HAS NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED.

THE SIOUXLAND TRI STATE FOOD BANK IS WRAPPING UP A WEEKLONG FUNDRAISER WITH LOCAL BURGER KINGS.

BRINGING IN 5 CANNED GOODS TO BURGER KING WILL GET YOU A CARD FOR A WHOPPER SANDWICH.

FOOD BANK DIRECTOR LINDA SCHEID SAYS THE DONATIONS HELP THE AGENCY PROVIDE ONE-POINT-SIX MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD ANNUALLY TO THE TRI STATE REGION .

SCHEID SAYS CASH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FOOD BANK HAVE MORE BUYING POWER THAN IF YOU STOP AT A GROCERY STORE TO PICK UP A FEW ITEMS FOR DONATION.

THE WHOPPERTUNITY PROGRAM WITH BURGER KING RUNS THROUGH SATURDAY, BUT DONATIONS ARE ACCEPTED BY THE FOOD BANK YEAR ROUND.

STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHUCK SODERBERG OF LE MARS HAS ANNOUNCED HE WILL SEEK ANOTHER TERM IN THE IOWA LEGISLATURE.

SODERBERG HAS REPRESENTED DISTRICT THREE FOR THE LAST 8 YEARS.

REDISTRICTING HAS PLACED HIM IN THE NEW DISTRICT FIVE IN 2012, WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF PLYMOUTH COUNTY AND A PART OF WOODBURY COUNTY EAST OF SIOUX CITY.