With live interviews on washington journal. For the next hour, and exclusiven. A for six years, we have traveled to u. S. Cities, bringing that literary scenes and Historic Sites to our viewers. citiestour. Span. Org on our visit to souix falls, south dakota, we spoke with senator john thune. We asked the senator about constituent work, the economy, and what events in the States History most interest him. Raised were you born and where were you born and raised . A small town on interstate 90, a stopping place for people headed to the black hills, Mount Rushmore, yellowstone, points beyond, so a lot of motels, restaurants, filling stations, and all of my siblings, and my parents for that matter worked in one of those types of establishments ready much every summer. What was it like growing up in south dakota . A greatthune background. I love this day. It is very beautiful to me. I love prairie. I like whiteopen spaces. Part of that is because of where i was raised. I am an outdoors pers
The people of south dakota listening and viewing this, please welcome the honorable governor dennis daugaard. [applause] applause continues ] [ applause] governor daugaard thank you. Thank you, very much. Thank you, Lieutenant Governor. Youre outstanding. Thank you all for being here today. To begin, i would like to recognize two new legislators, first, doug bartel. I appointed doug to replace don hager. Doug spent his career in Law Enforcement, including 12 years as due pauls chief of police. He was sworn in last month. Lets welcome him again. , where are you . There he is. Welcome. [applause] second is mike diedrich. I appointed mike last month following the loss of our friend, craig teasen. Mike has served three terms in the 1980s and 1990s. I appreciate his willingness to serve, especially on short notice. Please join me in welcoming mike diedrich. [applause] today, i would like to look back at some of the things weve accomplished together over the past seven years, and update you
Dakota for over 100 years to my new book from warm center to ragged and takes its title from mister got Scott Fitzgerald who is the author of probably most famously of the great gatsby and if you remember your gatsby from back in high school or college, you remember that nick karoly was from minnesota. Nick karoly went off to war, this would have been world war i and when he came back, he decided that he thought it would be sort of doll to move back to minnesota. Which he saw as the ragged edge of the universe. And he decided to move to new york and he got mixed up in the roaring 20s. On long island with gatsby and all that cast of characters from his book. But in the end, when he sees what happens to many of these characters, he begins to see the old midwest where he came from as the warm center of the world. So that contract is what i tried to draw in my new book, from warm center to ragged edge. In the decades after the civil war, the midwest was seen by many commentators as the pac
Accident invovled a stolen vehicle. According to the pd, this white van was stolen from South Sioux City before 6 am this morning the suspect later collided with another white vehicle on outer drive just across from north high school. The driver of the stolen car fled the scene but was later apprehended by police. No other details are available. Tim also at about six this morning Fire Fighters were called to a car fire. The vehicle was fully engulfed in flames when crews arrived at 2601 sheridan street on sioux citys north side. That car was located dangerously close to the home, but fire Officials Say the residence did not suffer any damage. The caususof the fire was not immediately available. Tim sioux city fire crews also were on the scene of a gas line break this morning after construction crews struck a gas line on the citys north side. According to midamerican energy, a Third Party Contractor hit the line morning. Repairs were quickly made allolong a road to b bre opened to traff
Our state becomes for republican and Democratic Candidates alike tim no different for siouxland where republican president ial candidate dr. Ben carson is taking his campaign on a 3day swing through the area. Lukas voss caught up with him on the campaign trail thanks tim and jenna and dr. Carson had quite the trip on his schedule today including a makeup appearance in spencer after it was canceled the last time due to the winter storm. He drew large crowds both in orange city and sioux city using his chance to address siouxlanders up close and personal. Nats clapping orange city. Dr. Ben carson took time today to travel through siouxland to campaign for his bid to be the next president of the united states. He was in spencer. Before heading to storm lake onto orange city and capping of his day off in sioux city. The apperance at Northwestern College was espeally important town hall style citizens to a chance the candidate. H e was very comfortable and appreciated the interact with the