Western Iowa Tech Community College News
Browse past news stories for Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City, IA:
- Two to run for House District 2 seat (Sioux City Journal)
posted on March 16, 2010 at 03:28:55 am
SIOUX CITY -- Two Sioux City businesspeople are making a bid forthe Iowa House District 2 seat currently held by Rep. RogerWendt. - WITCC offers free boiler seminar (Sioux City Journal)
posted on March 11, 2010 at 12:09:41 am
SIOUX CITY -- The National Boiler Training and Renewable FuelsInstitute at Western Iowa Tech Community College will host a freetwo-day seminar March 16 and 17 focusing on all aspects of boileroperation and maintenance. - Activities at WIT promote Native American Awareness week (KTIV Sioux City)
posted on March 10, 2010 at 01:56:31 am
NATIVE AMERICAN AWARENESS WEEK AT WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE The Western Iowa Tech Community College (WITCC) American Indian Club will be hosting activities for Native American Awareness Week, - State officials to meet with Morrell, union and agency officials (The Globe Gazette)
posted on March 5, 2010 at 06:25:10 am
SIOUX CITY — The state of Iowa’s Rapid Response Team will meet with John Morrell company officials, union representatives and local service providers March 10, Marty Dougherty, the city’s economic development director, announced today. - Iowa's rapid response team here Wednesday to start helping Morrell workers (Sioux City Journal)
posted on March 4, 2010 at 04:41:01 am
SIOUX CITY -- The state of Iowa's Rapid Response Team will meetwith John Morrell & Co. company officials, unionrepresentatives and local service providers on Wednesday, accordingto Marty Dougherty, the city's economic development director. - College Financial Aid help available (Logan Herald-Observer & Woodbine Twiner)
posted on February 25, 2010 at 03:31:15 pm
Iowa students and families can get free assistance with forms required for federal financial aid at Iowa College Goal Sunday, which is actually held on Feb. 20, in 13 Iowa locations. - Global speaker to give insights at niternational trade summit April 15 (Sioux City Journal)
posted on February 24, 2010 at 09:46:13 pm
SIOUX CITY -- Globalentrepreneur Tom Faranda will keynote a summit on internationaltrade April 15 at Western Iowa Tech Community College. - Officials to hold Southbridge development meeting tonight (Sioux City Journal)
posted on February 24, 2010 at 06:06:11 pm
SIOUX CITY -- Thepublic is invited to attend the Southbridge Economic DevelopmentCouncil meeting tonight, which is the second meeting of thecity-county organization. - Journal, Yahoo! , to sponsor local job expo (Sioux City Journal)
posted on February 21, 2010 at 04:44:51 am
SIOUX CITY -- The Journal and online search engine Yahoo! willsponsor a job fair from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Stoney CreekInn, 300 Third St, Sioux City, just east of Tyson EventsCenter. - Budget changes would rescue firefighter jobs (Sioux City Journal)
posted on February 13, 2010 at 04:49:03 am
SIOUX CITY -- The city administration has offered city lawmakersa way to save two firefighters' jobs and suggested other budgetreduction changes in order to keep residential property taxes fromrising next year. - WITCC records all-time spring enrollment record (Sioux City Journal)
posted on February 12, 2010 at 04:04:51 am
SIOUX CITY -- Western Iowa Tech Community College announcedThursday it has hit an all-time enrollment record for the springsemester. - WITCC reports all-time enrollment record (Sioux City Journal)
posted on February 11, 2010 at 05:55:07 pm
SIOUX CITY -- Western Iowa Tech Community College has announcedan all-time record enrollment for the spring semester. - WIT to celebrate Black History Month (Sioux City Journal)
posted on February 5, 2010 at 03:16:22 am
SIOUX CITY -- Western Iowa Tech Community College will celebrateBlack History Month with a free presentation by Joseph McGill, aspecialist in Civil War history and re-enactment, on Feb. 17. - WITCC offers teen driver education (Sioux City Journal)
posted on January 31, 2010 at 11:00:03 pm
SIOUX CITY -- Western Iowa Tech Community College will offerthree teen drivers education sections at its Sioux City campus. Theclass meets requirements specified by the Department of Educationand Department of Transportation. - WIT offers Chinese class for children (Sioux City Journal)
posted on January 31, 2010 at 10:03:28 pm
SIOUX CITY -- Western Iowa Tech Community College will offer abeginning class in Chinese for children six to ten years oldcommencing Feb. 18 at its Sioux City campus. - Campus visit days set at WIT (Sioux City Journal)
posted on January 31, 2010 at 02:10:02 am
SIOUX CITY -- Prospective students and their families will havethe chance to scope out Western Iowa Tech Community College at twocampus visit events scheduled for this spring. - Council debates library curbacks (Sioux City Journal)
posted on January 31, 2010 at 12:01:42 am
SIOUX CITY -- Sioux City Councilman Aaron Rochester suggestedSaturday the city could save money by closing two branch librariesand partnering with Western Iowa Tech Community College's libraryprogram. - Event February 20 in Denison will provide free help in filling out the FAFSA (Denison Bulletin & Review)
posted on January 30, 2010 at 09:22:32 am
Denison will be among 13 communities in Iowa to host The Iowa College Goal, a program where volunteers assist parents and college-bound seniors with free assistance in filling out and filing the FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid). - Sioux City man accused of Christmas crimes (Sioux City Journal)
posted on January 30, 2010 at 12:32:32 am
SIOUX CITY -- A Sioux City man recently pleaded not guilty tocharges that he and a cousin spent Christmas breaking intoapartments at Western Iowa Tech Community College, documentsstate. - Culver to Sioux City: 'Hang in there' (Sioux City Journal)
posted on January 29, 2010 at 03:45:37 am
aria Diaz of Sioux City has worked for 20 years at the John Morrell & Co. meatpacking plant. In April, she will lose her job, along with about 1,450 of her co-workers, when Smithfield Foods closes the plant. Diaz, her husband and two of their children work at Morrell, and the financial impact in the family will be devastating she told Iowa Gov. Chet Culver on Thursday. - WITCC Foundation announces new board (Sioux City Journal)
posted on January 28, 2010 at 07:01:38 pm
The Foundation of Western Iowa Tech Community College hasannounced its officers and board members for 2010. - WIT to host adult literacy workshop (Sioux City Journal)
posted on January 25, 2010 at 12:03:23 am
SIOUX CITY -- Western Iowa Tech Community College will conduct"Learning to Achieve: Serving Adults with Learning Disabilities," afree public adult literacy workshop Feb. 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m. in the Advanced Sciences Building, Room L304, on its SiouxCity campus. Persons interested in attending are asked to registerby Feb. 5, as only 25 seats are available. Attendees should providetheir ... - WITCC offers Iowa sales and use tax classes (Sioux City Journal)
posted on January 25, 2010 at 12:03:23 am
SIOUX CITY -- Western Iowa Tech Community College will offer twoclasses on Iowa sales and use tax on Feb. 4 in Room L417, AdvancedSciences Building, at it's Sioux City campus. - WITCC receives money to help Morrell workers (KTIV Sioux City)
posted on January 22, 2010 at 01:18:28 am
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) -- Western Iowa Tech Community College is stepping in to help John Morrell workers find jobs. - Questions no answers for worried employees (Sioux City Journal)
posted on January 21, 2010 at 02:35:07 am
SIOUX CITY --- Children and family will keep Dennis Biederman inthe Sioux City area, but the longtime John Morrell employeebelieves many of his co-workers will have seen the last of the townwhen the plant closes for good on April 20. - More details on Sioux City response to Morrell closure (KTIV Sioux City)
posted on January 20, 2010 at 07:33:28 pm
City Responds to Morrell Announcement For Immediate Release January 20, 2010 City Responds to Morrell Announcement This morning the City received official notification of the closing of the - City officials give more details about closure of John Morrell plant (KTIV Sioux City)
posted on January 20, 2010 at 06:48:28 pm
Sioux City is organizing a rapid response team Wednesday, to help ease the blow of a major layoff announcement. - Grant gives students 'pathway out of poverty' (KTIV Sioux City)
posted on January 18, 2010 at 04:41:48 am
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) - Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux City receives a $4-million grant that will help give 300 people the opportunity for a better future. - WIT receives grant to help low-income workers (Sioux City Journal)
posted on January 14, 2010 at 04:43:23 am
SIOUX CITY -- Western Iowa Tech Community College in Sioux Citywill use nearly $4 million in stimulus funds to help people out ofpoverty and into viable employment through careers in energyefficiency and renewable energy. - Iowa Dept. of Education hopes to 'Race to the Top' (Boone News Republican)
posted on December 29, 2009 at 04:27:10 pm
"Iowa has an exciting and important opportunity to develop and fund innovative efforts to improve education throughout our state," Iowa Department of Education spokeswoman Elaine Watkins-Miller said. "That is why Iowa is leading an aggressive effort to apply for the highly competitive Race to the Top funds."