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Federal agency approves Iowa governor summer food program for low-income children

Bret Hayworth

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved Governor Kim Reynolds’ plan to provide monthly boxes of food for low-income Iowa kids over the summer instead of sending their families money for food.

Homelessness initiatives aim to improve the lives of people.

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Homeless court pilot program coming to Sioux City

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 4.15.2025: Much of cut to Human Rights Commission restored as Sioux City Council sets $487M budget with tax increase; Sioux City schools to have $203M budget for 2026

Bret Hayworth

Blake Stratton, of Moville, Iowa, scoops snow near a cleared street shortly after the precipitation from a Siouxland blizzard ended, on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (Bret Hayworth, Siouxland Public Media News)

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 3.19.2025: Blizzard blankets Siouxland; Iowa Republican lawmakers aiming to reduce diversity & inclusion initiatives in public life

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 3.4.2025: Blizzard bound for Siouxland; Iowa bill would create criminal charges for people who administer gene-based vaccines; Iowa bill requiring local police to help ICE on immigration will not pass; 4 more months to hire Sioux City manager

Bret Hayworth

Iowa 4th District Congressman Randy Feenstra

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Newscast 2.21.25: Feenstra promotes farm bill; NIH policies will affect University of Iowa; City sets date for immigration rights presentation

Alejandra Perez

Today, U.S. Representative Randy Feenstra came to Sioux City to talk about the Farm Bill.

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 1.29.2025: S.D. Governor Rhoden has first address to legislators; Iowa bill would create university "school of intellectual freedom"; Federal funding halted to refugee resettlement services; Woodbury County disaster planning

Bret Hayworth

Woodbury County Courthouse, Sioux City, Iowa

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 12.30.24: U. of Iowa study shows gratitude can impact overall health; New members of Woodbury County Board of Supervisors to be sworn in for 2025

Bret Hayworth

New students gather at the University of Iowa at the beginning of the 2022-23 year. Photo by University of Iowa.

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 12.18.2024: Iowa dean says legislative scrutiny creating chilling effect; Heating problems surface in Woodbury County jail; Lessening pro bono legal work in Iowa; Le Mars water projects have $23 million contracts

Bret Hayworth

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 10.14.2024: New Woodbury County Jail now housing inmates; South Dakota official brings charges against state employees; Nobel Literature Prize winner studied at University of Iowa

Bret Hayworth