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In Palo Alto, County Iowa, tucked away in the small town of West Bend, sits the 8th wonder of the world.
The Grotto of the Redemption is a large, breathtaking structure found in the middle of West Bend and is often called the Miracle in Stone. It’s the story of the life of Christ. |
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Wayne’s Business Park took a direct hit from that EF-4 tornado 10 years ago.
Back then, Sand Creek Post & Beam was celebrating nine years in business and looking forward to many more as a family-owned company in northeast Nebraska. That tornado radically changed those plans in just minutes. |
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In the wake of a school shooting in Perry, Iowa, outside of Des Moines, school safety has become a heated issue for school districts, parents, school staff and law enforcement in the state.
One elected official, Woodbury County Sheriff Chad Sheehan, has a plan he says could change school safety and security in Iowa. |
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Three weeks ago, Siouxland Christian School in Sioux City announced they were implementing a new policy, arming several staff members within the building for added security.
Now, we are learning more about why the school felt the need to take this step. |
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His legacy can be seen from the moment you walk into the South Sioux City Mini Dome.
A legendary girls high school basketball coach, Kelly Flynn is now set to be inducted into the South Sioux City High School Cardinal Hall of Fame. Before his induction ceremony, Flynn returned to one of the most unique high school gyms in the nation, the place where the magic happened, to revisit the past with a South Sioux City alum, KTIV’s Katie Copple. |
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‘Bob was the city’ - Words of remembrance and praise pour in following the death of local restaurateur Bob Roe.
I spoke to members of the Siouxland Community who say this city wouldn't be what it is today without Bob. |
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They show up in some of your worst moments but what happens from their point of view?
KTIV’s Katie Copple hopped inside the ambulance with an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) team from Sioux City Fire Rescue over several days to get a glimpse behind the ambulance doors. |
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Two men were brutally murdered in the small town of Bloomfield, Nebraska.
One of the victims, Curtis Strom, was a longtime business owner and a man who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. His family speaks to KTIV to share more about the man they called "dad". |
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Being a full-time college student can be a challenge. Balancing a full-time class schedule, extracurriculars and maybe a job as well.
But one University of South Dakota student has also added “first responder” to her resume as she works towards a career in law enforcement. |
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The main runway at the Sioux Gateway Airport, utilized by both commercial flights and the 185th Air Refueling Wing, is part of a runway rehabilitation project.
The runway has needed an update for decades. I sat down with the Commander of the 185th to learn more about the project and why it's needed for the refueling wing to stay in Sioux City. |
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Back in early January 2024, a man was fatally shot by two Sioux City police officers. Now that authorities have finished their investigation, they say the use of deadly force against the man was justified.
This news conference was at 2 p.m. I not only attended this news conference, I produced and edited a detailed broadcast story for our 5 p.m. newscast, which I also solo-anchored in its entirety. |
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It’s so rare, it doesn’t even have an official name. A genetic mutation with so many unknowns, and more questions than answers.
“Owen touches everybody’s lives,” says mom Julie Kuhlmann. An Elk Point, S.D. boy is living with a disease so rare only 5 people in the world have been diagnosed with it. But that disease, and its challenges, doesn't slow 5-year-old Owen down. |
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The City of Storm Lake, Iowa is known for its namesake, the large body of water where much of the city lies. It’s also home to a very diverse population.
The Storm Lake Police Department aims to keep all of its residents informed of what is happening and to do that, they've begun posting to the department Facebook page in Spanish, and their Chief of Police is learning the language. |
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It's been one of the most controversial issues dividing rural America in years: carbon capture pipelines.
"Along the Route: A Pipeline Discussion" is a multi-part series of reports looking at everything from the companies that want to build them to those "for" and those "against" and a deeper dive into to carbon and ethanol industries at the center of the project. I spent several months digging into research in the Fall of 2022, before finally beginning to set up interviews in January 2023, with 4+min stories on a new topic airing twice weekly beginning in April. While I had hoped to do more with this series, this project will end with 12 packages with accompanying in-depth web articles due to the dissolve of our local newsroom. |
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In the Fall of 2022, I took part in the Sioux City Police Department Citizen Academy, where everyday people get put through the training of a police officer.
Participating in this 11-week course gave me a new respect for law enforcement, and a better understanding of why they make the choices they do. I truly believe this experience made me a better journalist. MORE: siouxlandnews.com/news/local/siouxland-news-anchor-shares-experience-during-sioux-city-citizen-police-academy# |