MID AMERICAN ENERGY CREWS HAVE CONTAINED A GAS LEAK THAT CAUSED SEVERAL NORTHSIDE RESIDENTS TO BE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES.

TIM GRABINSKI OF MID AMERICAN SAYS A CONTRACTOR WORKING IN THE AREA SEVERED A TWO INCH GAS LINE SHORTLY BEFORE NOON TODAY (FRIDAY) IN THE 2500 BLOCK OF MCDONALD STREET.

FIRE OFFICIALS SAY SEVERAL HOMES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR GRANDVIEW PARK'S ROSE GARDEN  WERE EVACUATED AS A PRECAUTION.

POLICE BLOCKED STREET ACCESS TO THE AREA WHILE REPAIRS WERE BEING MADE.

NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

SIOUX CITY FIRE CREWS AND MID AMERICAN ENERGY WORKERS ARE AT THE SCENE OF A GAS LEAK ON THE CITY'S NORTHSIDE THAT HAS FORCED SEVERAL RESIDENTS TO BE EVACUATED FROM THEIR HOMES.

FIRE OFFICIALS SAY SEVERAL HOMES IN THE 2500 BLOCK AREA OF MCDONALD STREET WERE EVACUATED BECAUSE OF A NATURAL GAS LINE LEAK IN THE AREA.

POLICE HAVE BLOCKED ACCESS TO THE AREA WHICH IS NEAR GRANDVIEW PARK'S ROSE GARDEN.

NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED.

A 17 YEAR OLD STUDENT IS IN CUSTODY AND CHARGED WITH BRINGING FIREARMS TO LAWTON-BRONSON HIGH SCHOOL.

WOODBURY COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTY DOUG BOETGER SAYS THE JUVENILE WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY AFTER THEY RECEIVED A TIP:

DEPUTIES FOUND A RIFLE, A HANDGUN AND AMMUNITION IN THE VEHICLE IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT. THE GUNS WERE NOT LOADED.

THE JUVENILE WAS CHARGED WITH POSSESSING FIREARMS ON SCHOOL PROPERTY..A CLASS D FELONY. HE REMAINS IN CUSTODY AT WOODBURY COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION.

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Fire has damaged a barn on a farm near Paullina. Firefighters from Paullina, Cleghorn and Meriden were called to a barn that was engulfed in flames late Thursday afternoon.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation and officials did not immediately report what damage had been done by the fire.