FORMER U.S. SENATOR RICK SANTORUM HELD HIS 372ND TOWN MEETING OF THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN SIOUX CITY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

SANTORUM SPOKE TO OVER A HUNDRED SUPPORTERS AT THE DAILY GRIND DOWNTOWN.
WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS STANCE ON IMMIGRATION, SANTORUM SAID HIS GRANDFATHER CAME FROM ITALY TO ESCAPE MUSSOLINI AND LEFT HIS FAMILY BEHIND FOR FIVE YEARS TO WORK IN A PENNSYLVANIA COAL MINE:

SANTORUM ALSO TOOK A SHOT AT FELLOW G-O-P CANDIDATES WHO HAVE BEEN SAYING THEY WILL ELIMINATE SEVERAL GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS IF THEY BECOME PRESIDENT:

SANTORUM WAS INTRODUCED BY KSCJ'S SAM CLOVIS. PART OF SANTORUM'S APPEARANCE WAS BROADCAST LIVE BY C-N-N. HE ALSO SPOKE IN ORANGE CITY AND ROCK RAPIDS ON SUNDAY.

FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR MITT ROMNEY BROUGHT HIS G-O-P PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN BACK TO SIOUX CITY SATURDAY EVENING.

ROMNEY SAYS WE HAVE A MORAL OBLIGATION TO KEEP OUR PROMISE ON SOCIAL SECURITY TO THOSE WHO ARE RETIRED OR NEARING RETIREMENT AGE:

BUT ROMNEY SAYS FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE WORKING TODAY, THE RETIREMENT AGE TO BEGIN DRAWING SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS MAY HAVE TO BE INCREASED:

ROMNEY ALSO REPEATED EARLIER CAMPAIGN PLEDGES THAT IF ELECTED, HE WOULD REPEAL OBAMACARE AND ALL OTHER REGULATIONS PASSED BY THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.
   

HE SPOKE TO SUPPORTERS AT A TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE STONEY CREEK INN.

CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL SPOKE BEFORE AN ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD OF AROUND 300 SUPPORTERS AT SIOUX CITY'S STONEY CREEK INN FRIDAY NIGHT.

PAUL DREW LOUD APPLAUSE ON MANY OF HIS COMMENTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, INCLUDING HOW HE WANTS TO CUT FEDERAL SPENDING TO HELP GET THE NATION OUT OF DEBT:

PAUL SAYS HE WOULD ALSO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BY ELIMINATING SOME DEPARTMENTS:

PAUL ALSO SAYS HE WOULD BRING MANY AMERICAN TROOPS HOME FROM OVERSEAS, INCLUDING SOUTH KOREA.

AFTER HIS SPEECH, HE FLEW HOME TO TEXAS TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH HIS FAMILY.

THE NORM WAITT SR YMCA WILL HAVE A FREE DAY FROM NOON TILL 6PM ON SUNDAY, NEW YEAR'S DAY TO RAISE AWARENESS OF SIOUX CITY'S APPLICATION TO BECOME A BLUE ZONE HEALTHY STATE. 

THE SIOUX CITY MUSEUM IS HOSTING A NOON YEAR'S EVE PARTY FOR KIDS AGES 6 AND UP SATURDAY. PARTICIPANTS COUNT DOWN TO NOON WITH FUN ACTIVITIES AND CRAFTS. THAT RUNS 10:30AM UNTIL 12:30PM AND HAS A $10 FEE WITH IT. $8 IF YOU'RE A MUSEUM MEMBER.
  

THE MUSEUM WILL CLOSE AT 3PM SATURDAY AND REOPEN TUESDAY. THE SIOUX CITY BRANCH LIBRARIES CLOSE AT 5PM AND REOPEN TUESDAY.

THERE'S NO TRANSIT BUS SERVICE ON MONDAY IN SIOUX CITY, HOWEVER TRASH COLLECTION WILL TAKE PLACE ON THE NORMAL ROUTES.