Early absentee voting

The top two elections officials in Woodbury County, Deputy Elections Commissioner Steve Hofmeyer and County Auditor Michelle Skaff, are shown on September 9, 2025. (Bret Hayworth, Siouxland Public Media News)

With 2025 municipal elections nearing, Iowa county officials discuss poll staffing, election security & ballot drop boxes

Bret Hayworth

With 2025 municipal elections nearing in Iowa. Woodbury County officials Skaff & Hofmeyer discuss voting timelines, poll staffing, election security & ballot drop boxes.

The early voting drop box for Woodbury County is shown on the south side of the Woodbury County Courthouse in downtown Sioux City, Iowa, on October 29, 2024. (Bret Hayworth, Siouxland Public Media News)

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More than 2,000 early votes cast in Drey-Prosch Iowa Senate special election contest

Bret Hayworth

More than 2,000 early votes cast in Catelin Drey, Christopher Prosch Iowa Senate special election contest.

Four people are shown using the early option to cast a ballot at a Woodbury County satellite voting site at Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City, Iowa, on October 23, 2024. (Bret Hayworth, Siouxland Public Media News)

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 11.5.2024: Polls open in South Dakota until 7 p.m., through 8 p.m. in Iowa & Nebraska, as voters can weigh in on presidency, federal, state and county races

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 11.4.2024: Early voting tracking highly in Iowa & Nebraska; Harris leads Trump in Iowa poll; Court ruling says Iowa chief elections official can challenge citizenship of voters

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Election Extra: See who's on the ballot for the 2024 general election in Northwest Iowa

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Election Extra: Siouxland early voters say they trust process, like banking their votes ahead of Election Day

Bret Hayworth

A tree is shown silhouetted in a skyline.

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 10.21.2024: Emerald ash borer has reached all Iowa counties; Longtime Sioux City journalist Pautsch dies; Campaign events in Northwest Iowa as early voting continues; New regional director of ACLU has Sioux City roots

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Election Extra: Scholten and Henderson running for re-election in Sioux City legislative contests, no incumbent in Iowa House District 13 race with 3 on ballot

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 10.16.2024: Nebraska Supreme Court affirms felon voting; South Sioux City Council mulling donation to The Warming Shelter; Early voting underway in all 3 Siouxland states; Iowa judicial branch botched court debts

Bret Hayworth

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem at the Sioux Falls city hall building in June 2020.

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 10.15.2024: Noem on campaign with Trump: "Kamala Harris sucks"; Walz to campaign in Omaha; Polling shows support for Nebraska abortion ballot measures; Sioux City Council picks firm for huge wastewater project

Bret Hayworth