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Siouxland is home to incredible diversity. Our diversity is apparent in our neighborhoods, churches, grocery stores, and restaurants, but also in our workforce and school systems. However, while we may recognize this diversity, sometimes we don’t understand how important it is to ensure that these diverse voices are represented at all levels of government.  We […]

I hate to admit it, but I am sometimes (okay, maybe often) a “coulda, shoulda, woulda, what if, if only” person.  I am a second-guesser, worried about what I didn’t do or didn’t say, or conversely, what I did do that maybe in retrospect I should not have, or what I did say that would

The Siouxland Growth Organization is thrilled to kick off the new year with renewed energy and some new board members who were voted in during the 2022 SGO Holiday Christmas Party. Joining the team for 2023 are Tommy Hermann (Special Events Chair), Clark Charlestin (Connect Chair), Sidney Marks (Community Engagement Chair), and Makaelyn Glienke (Secretary).

Food diversity can be a positive factor in the understanding of individual cultural uniqueness, and this article highlights Morningside University’s efforts to share this appreciation. Amaranth, more commonly known as pigweed, is often aggressively weeded from plant beds and gardens in the United States. In other parts of the world, though, it is lovingly harvested.

The Sioux City Human Rights Commission was formed in 1963. It is an impartial government agency that primarily investigations allegations of discrimination, and educates the public through events that promote diversity and the elimination of discrimination. The Iowa Civil Rights Act requires every city with a population of more than 29,000 to have an independent

Hawks Coffee Shop is located at 110 Gaul Street in Sergeant Bluff, Iowa. It is owned and operated by Cyndi and Matt Nelson, and the story of how the coffee shop came to be is a storyline Hallmark would love to tell. Cyndi and Matt both are very involved in the Sergeant Bluff community. Matt