All of Iowa is under an excessive heat warning through at least Wednesday night, and relief may not come until Friday. The National Weather Service says this may be Iowa’s hottest string of consecutive days since 2013.
Extreme, and potentially record-breaking, heat is descending upon the Sioux City metro this week, with heat index values expected to reach well into the triple-digits.
As a new school year begins for students across Iowa, a message sent out by the Sioux City Community School District is causing concern with a local LGBTQ organization.
The district sent out this message by phone late last week.
"Please contact your student’s principal to request a name or pronoun change."
The Co-Founder of the Siouxland Pride Alliance, Karen Mackey, says it appears the school district is trying to comply with the law.
"The problem is that this is only going to be beneficial to kids whose parents are supportive. And there are a lot of kids whose families are not supportive of them. Having met with students, they are terrified, absolutely terrified.”
The students say the law makes them a target and feel school administration should provide a lesson in understanding.
Public utility regulators in Iowa are holding a hearing tomorrow morning in Fort Dodge on a proposed carbon dioxide pipeline. Landowners and some residents concerned about an accident with pipeline have opposed it.
Last Friday, Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions submitted a revised pipeline permit application to utility regulators in North Dakota.
Earlier this month North Dakota’s Public Service Commission rejected the company’s application for a 320 mile route through their state. Summit’s revised application moves the proposed pipeline route nearly 10 miles north of Bismarck’s city limits, near the storage site. The company says the new route addresses several concerns cited by the commission.
