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Period for Iowa National Guard to aid immigration enforcement now extended to fall 2026

Bret Hayworth

Period for Iowa National Guard to aid immigration enforcement now extended to fall 2026.

SPM Podcasts

Siouxland politics professors sum up recent elections & look ahead to 2026 midterms

Bret Hayworth

Siouxland politics professors sum up recent elections & look ahead to 2026 midterms.

Donald Trump is shown at an event with Republican leaders, including U.S. Senator John Thune, of South Dakota, in January 2025, 10 days before his second term as president began. (Photo by Trump-Vance Transition committee)

SPM Podcasts

Siouxland professors weigh in on first 100 days of President Trump's second term, with anxiety as a common theme

Bret Hayworth

Siouxland professors weigh in on first 100 days of President Trump's second term

Retiring Sioux City Diocese Bishop Walker Nickless, left, is shown with new diocese Bishop John Keehner, on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, in this image from the Diocese.

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 2.12.2025: Sioux City Diocese change in bishop; Storm Lake Schools leader says people fear mass deportations; S.D. bill could divert public school money to private schools; Iowa bills on LGTBQ school instruction & bullying

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 2.11.2025: Woodbury County Sheriff says no people held in jail for ICE; Sioux City Council & Sioux City School Board work on new budgets; S.D. bill would stop schools from teaching about exploring gender identity

Bret Hayworth

Police in Siouxland work on many law enforcement tasks

KWIT Local Newscast

ICE has not put undocumented immigrants in Woodbury County Jail

Bret Hayworth

The Woodbury County Sheriff said Tuesday that he is holding no undocumented people on behalf of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 2.6.2025: Iowa sheriff will not help ICE detain people; Sioux City gets $500K for wastewater project; People can meet 2 finalists for Sioux City superintendent; Iowa schools mobile phone ban advances

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 2.4.2025: Sioux City councilmen denounce cuts on social services; Sioux City low-income housing project; NW Iowa schools get grants; South Dakota agency leader says attacks on refugee resettlement off base

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 1.28.2025: Sioux City schools attendance down amid deportation concerns; Noem says ICE working to get "dirtbags off the street"; Iowa bill would loosen restrictions on homeschools

Bret Hayworth