Content and images regarding people, places, things, history and ideas of a geographic area named by writer Frederick Manfred who grew up in this region. Siouxland covers the drainage basin of the Big Sioux River and includes parts of the states of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota.
I want to tell you about the next step in our news coverage here at The Siouxland Observer. You got an inkling of it on Saturday, Oct. 14 when I posted the story about the state of Iowa joining the pork producers’ challenge of a new Massachusetts law that bans the sale of pork that doesn’t meet strict hog-confinement requirements. Continue reading Some news about our news
By Gary Dickson garydickson@siouxlandobserver.com Ever since I was 12 years old, I’ve loved to go to car shows. That was when a buddy of mine begged … Continue reading Cars and Coffee event brings expensive European sports car owners and wannabes together for BBQ and car talk
Hang out tomorrow, Sunday, Oct. 15th for a car show and shine, games, free food, coffee and beer. It’s the Sioux City Cars and Coffee Fall Barbeque Event with everything donated by the Midwest Euro Club and High Ground Cafe and Espresso Bar. The event will be at Riverside Park in shelter number 5 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Continue reading Attention car lovers & gearheads: It’s showtime, coffee and barbeque!
By Gary Dickson garydickson@siouxlandobserver.com Have you been wondering what that building is being constructed just west of Earl May Garden Center on War Eagle Drive? Well wait no longer. It’s just what Riverside and North Sioux apparently needs: another dollar store. More specifically, it’s a brand, spankin’ new Dollar Tree at 4140 War Eagle Dr. And they’re already advertising for employees, in case you are interested. Dollar Tree will join their sister store, Family Dollar, which already is in the Riverside neighborhood of Sioux City, at 2200 Riverside Blvd. There are also competing bargain retail dollar stores close by. One … Continue reading Just what Riverside needs — another Dollar Store
It’s been nearly nine months since Slowey Management, SRK Development and Dunes Realty announced that the new strip mall at 2 Rivers Drive on the eastern end of the Interstate 29 interchange in Dakota Dunes was ready for potential tenants. The Yankton-based Slowey Management developed the Holiday Inn Express and Convention Center adjacent to the new strip mall that’s been open since 2018. According to a story published in the Sioux City Journal on Jan. 29, 2023, the strip mall is 14,000 square feet in size and has five tenant spaces. Dakota Dunes and North Sioux City residents have watched … Continue reading Whither goes the Dakota Dunes strip mall?
If you’ve been driving outside of town anywhere in Siouxland the last week or so, you’ve likely noticed combines out in the fields. And if you’ve been on the secondary roads in South Dakota, Iowa or Nebraska you’ve probably encountered farm machinery or trucks going between fields or transporting corn or soybeans to the nearest elevator. Yup, it’s that time of year in Siouxland. I’m not a farmer, but I’m always curious as to how harvest is going for those that are. Especially when our local TV meteorologists are forecasting heavy rain for later in the week. And I’ll bet … Continue reading Looks like harvest is going well
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