Good morning, Sioux City.

Crittenton Center launched its Mobile Mansion last week to offer immediate food, hygiene, and crisis support to homeless, runaway and housing-insecure youth in Siouxland.

The RV provides basic needs and therapy services to help young people find safer shelter.

City officials say the new I-29 interchange is underway to improve access to the Southbridge industrial area near the airport, a project pursued since 2005 + it is expected to boost local industrial growth.

Morningside University will inaugurate Chad Benson as its 14th president this Thursday at 2 p.m. in Eppley Auditorium + a celebration will follow.

Gov. Kim Reynolds is calling lawmakers to a special session Friday to review tax incentives for a $15 billion steel plant proposal in southeast Iowa.

Rep. Ashley Hinson supports the project, saying Essar Group has the finances & it will boost national security and local job growth.

Iowa researchers linked obesity, binge drinking, and smoking as major factors behind over 2,500 cancer cases in 2022 during phase one of a $1 million study launched in 2025 — they will examine environmental factors including water quality next year.