SIOUX CITY – An investigation is under way after an officer-involved shooting incident in Sioux City Sunday evening. A press release issued by the police department states they responded to a call of a female who was allegedly threatened by a man with a loaded pistol. Upon response, the individual is accused of running from officers and pulling the firearm from his pocket, shooting at police. The department returned fire. Later in the evening, Sioux City Police attempted to apprehend the man with their SWAT team, only for the group to open fire after they claim the subject refused to surrender. The individual was transported with life-threatening injuries to a nearby hospital. No officers were injured and the case remains under investigation.

IOWA – It’s “The Well” no more, at least by next July. The Iowa Events Center held a press conference on Monday to announced that their 20-year naming rights agreement will end with Wells Fargo, and the 17,000-seat arena will be known as the Casey’s Center, pending approval, starting July 1st, 2025. The venue is host to the annual state boys wrestling and boys and girls high school basketball tournaments and dozens of events each year, from concerts to Monster Jam to comedians to NBA preseason and NCAA postseason basketball games. The Polk County Board of Supervisors will vote on the proposed new name at their scheduled meeting today.

IOWA – Row crop harvest remained ahead of average as Iowa’s farmers, according to the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. Field activities included harvesting corn and soybeans, fall tillage, and applying manure and fertilizer. Dry conditions resulted in field and equipment fires being reported during harvest. Topsoil moisture condition rated 41 percent very short, 40 percent short, and 19 percent adequate . For the second straight week, most of the state received no measurable precipitation. Harvest of the corn for grain crop reached 68 percent complete, five days ahead of last year and ten days ahead of the five-year average. Farmers in south central Iowa remained behind that mark, with just 50 percent of their crop harvested.

IOWA – Fall colors are reaching their peak along and south of Highway 30 across the state of Iowa, according to the latest report from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The warmer, drier October has delayed the annual change across most trees in the state — even as peak viewing winds down in the northern tier of counties. A few chances for light rain in the next few days will do little to knock leaves of f of the trees, according to the National Weather Service, although brief wind gusts up to 20-25 MPH remain possible today as a cold front pushes through Iowa.