ONE OF THE GROUPS HOPING TO BUILD A NEW LAND BASED CASINO IN WOODBURY COUNTY PITCHED THEIR PROPOSAL TO A GROUP OF BUSINESS LEADERS MONDAY AFTERNOON.
SIOUX CITY ENTERTAINMENT HOPES TO BRING A HARD ROCK CASINO AND HOTEL TO SIOUX CITY LOCATED AT 3RD AND WATER STREETS NEAR THE OLD BATTERY BUILDING. JERRY HILL, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE GROUP, SAYS INCORPORATING THE HISTORIC BUILDING INTO THE CASINO PROJECT PROVIDES A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY:
SIOUX CITY ENTERTAINMENT IS PARTNERING WITH THE NON-PROFIT MISSOURI RIVER HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE 130-MILLION DOLLAR PROPOSAL.
HILL SAYS THE NEXT STEP IN THE CASINO APPLICATION PROCESS IS A MEETING WITH THE STATE RACING AND GAMING COMMISSION IN JANUARY:
THE I-R-G-C WILL AWARD THE LICENSE TO ONE OF THE FOUR COMPETING CASINO PROJECTS IN APRIL. HILL AND OTHER GROUP MEMBERS MADE THEIR PRESENTATION TO THE DOWNTOWN ROTARY CLUB AT THE SIOUX CITY CONVENTION CENTER.
A SIOUX CITY MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF INTERSTATE STALKING AFTER A FIVE DAY FEDERAL TRIAL.
24 YEAR OLD RALPH ROGERS WAS CONVICTED OF STALKING HIS ESTRANGED WIFE AND TRANSPORTING HER FROM SOUTH SIOUX CITY ACROSS STATE LINES TO SIOUX CITY WHILE USING A FIREARM DURING THE OFFENSE.
ROGERS WAS ACQUITTED OF KIDNAPPING CHARGES IN THE CASE. PROSECUTORS SAY HE USED A G-P-S SYSTEM HE SECRETLY PLACED IN HIS ESTRANGED WIFE'S CAR TO TRACK HER TO HER NEW RESIDENCE.
ROGERS FACES UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON AND WILL BE SENTENCED AT A LATER DATE IN FEDERAL COURT.
LOCAL DEER HUNTERS ARE HAVING TO WORK HARDER TO LOCATE THEIR GAME THIS YEAR WHILE AFIELD.
WOODBURY COUNTY CONSERVATION OFFICER STACEY BEIGHTOL SAYS STATE NUMBERS INDICATE THE POPULATION IS DOWN ABOUT 10 PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR.
BEIGHTOL SAYS CITY RESIDENTS MAY SEE MORE DEER THAN HUNTERS, BUT THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT:
SHE SAYS DISEASE ALSO REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF THE HERD TO SOME EXTENT. AND, THERE ARE A LIMITED NUMBER OF BOW AND ARROW LICENSES THAT ARE ISSUED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. BUT, THESE FACTORS DON'T HAVE A SIGNIFICANT DIMINISHING EFFECT ON THE NUMBERS.
BEIGHTOL SAYS IF YOU HIT A DEER WITH YOUR VEHICLE AND WANT TO KEEP IT, YOU CAN IF YOU FOLLOW THE RULES, STARTING WITH CONTACTING AUTHORITIES:
OFFICER BEIGHTOL SAYS TAKING A DEER WITHOUT GETTING A SALVAGE TAG CAN LEAD TO A SUBSTANTIAL FINE.
