With the use of social media and other digital platforms so readily available to everyone now, the EPJ Friends of the Library thought it would be important for students to understand safe use of the platforms. So, Wednesday, Sept. 6, Bobby Truhe, a former EPJ student and now a lawyer for KSB School Law, spoke to the 6-12th grades on digital citizenship.

Senior residents in Southern Union County have another opportunity available to them in the way of food security. The Senior Box program is managed through USDA Commodity Supplemental Food Program and administered by Feeding South Dakota.

The Siouxland Miracle Riders will be heading out on their 8th Ride for Miracles on Monday, Sept. 18, to help Siouxland children.

The North Sioux City Fire Department is looking forward to seeing everyone at their Open House on Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023.

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It’s the time of year when school sports are in full swing. Area athletes can be treated and recover from a potential injury with free sports injury screenings and a concussion clinic offered at CNOS’s Dakota Dunes location ONLY.

Getting a good night’s rest, which consists of four to five sleep cycles, allows our bodies, brains and emotions to perform at the optimum level. In fact, sleep affects our growth and stress hormones, immune system, breathing, blood pressure and heart health. All of us have experienced a day following a poor night’s sleep, but, if lack of sleep continues consistently it can greatly impact us and can dramatically affect our children.

At a previous council meeting on July 24, the council had tabled a $50,000 appropriation request from the McCook Lake Association. The North Sioux City City Council revisited the item at their Sept. 5 meeting.

The Union County Board of County Commissioners held a brief, regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday, Sept. 5.

A Dakota & Iowa (D&I) Railroad train derailed in North Sioux City in the early evening of Wednesday, Aug. 30. At 3:54 p.m. emergency services were dispatched to railroad bridge on Main Street and Highway 105. Upon arriving on the scene, emergency responders were faced with 16 derailed cars with two of them hanging from the eastside bridge. There was no property damage or injuries in the derailment.