SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Another flight to Chicago is being added to to the Sioux Gateway Airport. Officials at Sioux Gateway Airport and Col. Bud Day Field in Sioux City said that, starting September 5, 2018, a third flight to Chicago O’Hare will be added.  Flights from Chicago are scheduled to depart at 1:20 p.m. with an arrival to Sioux City at 2:53 p.m. Flights from Sioux City are scheduled to depart at 3:22 p.m. with an arrival at Chicago at 5:00 p.m. On October 4, 2018, the flight will be moved with the departure out of Sioux City at 7:00 p.m., as well as the arrival from Chicago at 6:15 p.m.

Sioux Gateway Airport Board President Darrell Jesse said, “We are excited that American Airlines continues to expand their flights at Sioux Gateway Airport. This third daily flight to Chicago O’Hare is a result of the continued support from local travelers. We have seen strong and consistent utilization of the current twice daily service to Chicago and this third flight helps to fill in the gap, making it easier for business travelers going to Chicago and back in the same day. Paired with the daily flight to Dallas/Ft. Worth, this expanded service offers our community and visitors multiple options.”

Additional flights to and from Sioux City can be found on the Sioux Gateway Airport’s website.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 6:00 a.m. CDT

SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa (AP) — A Minnesota-based company says it’s considering moving production of some motorcycles out of the country because of European tariffs, just days after Harley-Davidson announced a similar move. A spokeswoman for Polaris Industries acknowledged Friday the company could move some production of its Indian brand of motorcycles from northwest Iowa to Poland.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Iowa have charged a Brazilian man accused of causing a flight from Calgary, Canada, to Chicago to be diverted to Cedar Rapids. Prosecutors said Friday that 33-year-old Guilherme Alves De Melo was charged Tuesday with one count of intimidating a flight crew member. A complaint says that on June 23, Alves became disruptive and “lost it” about an hour before the plane was scheduled to land, causing the plane to land at the eastern Iowa airport.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A national abortion-rights organization says the Iowa Supreme Court acted “absolutely appropriately” in striking down a 72-hour waiting period for women seeking abortions. Ilyse Hogue is president of NARAL Pro-Choice America. She says Friday’s ruling upholds precedent, the rights of Iowa women and their “dignity and respect.” She also says Sen. Charles Grassley should consider those issues when advancing any U.S. Supreme Court nominees. The Iowa senator leads the Senate Judiciary Committee.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Despite acknowledging a county prosecutor’s behavior was “egregious,” the Iowa Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of the attorney, saying his actions didn’t reach the threshold to remove an elected official. The court ruled Friday that Abraham Watkins was wrongly removed as Van Buren County attorney in 2017 following allegations of sexual harassment. He was accused of commenting on an employee’s breasts, appearing in underwear in his home office and displaying nude photos of his wife.

An Iowa judge is once again deliberating how to apply the state’s Stand Your Ground law. Sixth District Judge Patrick Grady held a hearing this week in the case of Michael Hodges in Linn County. The 23-year-old Hodges, of Cedar Rapids, faces an attempted murder charge in the shooting of 21-year-old Zevon Johnson of Urbandale. Hodges’ lawyer, Tyler Johnston, argues his client should be immune from prosecution because he feared for his life. “I think it was obvious to anybody in there that he was telling the truth and that the way the law is written now, that he complied with every provision of that law,” Johnston said. “The state had their opportunity to try to prove otherwise and they chose not to.”

The two men shot at each other outside of a downtown Cedar Rapids pub in January. Hodges claims he should be immune from prosecution because Johnson pulled his gun first. The state’s lawyer, Rena Schulte, sees it differently. “It’s my belief that the Legislature didn’t intend for someone to be able to aggressive towards another person, shoot that person, and then claim self-defense,” Schulte said.

If Judge Grady rules in Hodges’ favor, he would sidestep a trial. Hodges shot and injured Johnson, who fired at Hodges at nearly the same time, but missed. Johnson is also claiming self-defense and will have a hearing on his immunity claim. This is the latest test case of Iowa’s Stand Your Ground law, passed in 2017, and another chance for a judge to weigh in on the legislature’s intent. A judge in a previous case in Johnson County labeled the law “void for vagueness.” In another case, in Montgomery County, a judge ruled a Red Oak man was justified when he shot and killed one of two men who attacked him in an alley while wearing hoodies and bandannas.

(Radio Iowa w/Thanks to Kate Payne, Iowa Public Radio)

The Atlantic Police Department, Friday, released a report on arrests covering the period from June 18th through the 27th. This past Wednesday, 54-year old Dick Cook, of Atlantic, was arrested on a Cass County warrant for Violation of a No Contact Order, and 38-year old Melissa Wheeler, of Atlantic, was arrested on a Cass County warrant for Forgery. Both were booked into the Cass County Jail.

Last Monday, 49-year old Tammie Sempek, of Atlantic, was arrested on a Montgomery County warrant for Failure to Appear (In court). Sempek was held in the Cass County Jail until being transferred to Montgomery County. On June 23rd, 19-year old Sommer Wickham, of Omaha, was arrested in Atlantic  on Nebraska warrants for Possession of a Controlled Substance. And, on June 18th, 54-year old Elvin Shrimpton, of Council Bluffs, was arrested on a Cass County warrant for Domestic Abuse Assault. Wickham and Shrimpton were booked into the Cass County Jail.