Joe McMahan

Hope everyone is having a good National Popcorn Day! Popcorn is one of my favorite snacks and since snow drifts are preventing me from working it will be a popcorn and movie kind of day.

It has been a cold snowy week, but it’s nice to get some pizza and chicken!

We want to give a big shout out to Pizza Ranch on Floyd Blvd. As thanks for all of KTIV's weather coverage this week, they decided to provide a buffet's worth of food to our crew.

Thank you Pizza Ranch, we really appreciate it.

I have been investigating this story all day. Here is the information we have right now and will see what further information we can get.

Humane Society says they’ve removed their cats from Coffee & Purrs The Siouxland Humane Society says they have removed all of their cats from Coffee & Purrs in Sioux City.

I may have jumped in line to feel a pig heart and lungs.

Got to tour a winter wonderland in Ponca Nebraska at the Ponca Christmas House. This is just a small amount of decorations that he has setup. Also got to see the flag at Siouxland Freedom Park get put up now that they have a new cable. Check out these stories on KTIV’s 6:00 pm show.

Got a cookie cake from work for my birthday which they saved for me because I was off yesterday. Also as an alumni of Briar Cliff University had to get a picture with the new mascot. https://www.ktiv.com/video/2023/12/06/briar-cliff-university-has-new-mascot/

There was a lot going on in Siouxland for Thanksgiving. I helped cover some of it.

Siouxland communities gather around the table this Thanksgiving Communities across Siouxland came together Thursday to celebrate the spirit of Thanksgiving and provide a warm meal for all.

I got to try out this $1.5 million dollar plane refueling simulator while I was waiting for the next group to show up.

Students learn about STEM at Aviation Festival Aviation Festival taught students about aviation and STEM.

Made it onto the radio to promote the Siouxland Filmmakers Club and some local filmmaking events that are happening this weekend.

As a journalist at a news station it’s hard to dress up to elaborate because you may be going to stories or breaking news and you want to always be professional. Instead of dressing up this year I’m wearing a shirt that is for a good cause called Scares That Care. They have raised and donated over $300,000 to organizations and families with a child affected by illness, burns or women fighting breast cancer. Hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween! 🎃 👻💀
https://scaresthatcare.org

Had a lot of fun talking with the Para911 team. You might have seen their mobile command unit driving around town.

Paranormal investigation group Para911 searches for ghosts and hauntings in Siouxland Paranormal investigation group Para911 searches for hauntings and ghosts.

It was fun hosting this and hope to make it an annual event.

Siouxland Filmmakers Club creates fundraiser to support college scholarship Teams had the chance to win prizes, as well as donate to local filmmakers.

Sioux City Journal did a story about the Siouxland Filmmakers Club and the upcoming fundraiser we will be holding. Felt weird being the one interviewed.

Siouxland Filmmakers Club to host Halloween-inspired horror movie trivia contest Joe McMahan is serious when it comes to making movies. The Thurston, Neb. native founded the Siouxland Filmmakers Club to promote films and filmmaking in the area. This week, the group's hosting a horror trivia night at Sioux City's Marquee.

My latest story on two podcasters from the Midwest who talk horror films.

‘It Came From the Midwest’ local podcast talks their beginning and horror films Local horror movie podcast It Came From the Midwest talks about their beginning and horror films.

Make sure to tune in to our 6:00 pm show to see my story with two horror movie podcasters from West Point that are really taking off.

Got to see some dinosaurs that are going to be at the Sioux City Convention Center this weekend.

Packed house at the Sunrise Retirement Community Trunk or Treat. The rain brought things inside, but did not stop people from coming. There are also lines of people going through the hallways. It goes till 6:30 pm if you want to join in on the fun.

Since I’ve covered or helped cover quite a few of the presidential candidates so far and this also goes for other candidates for other elections. I wanted to talk a little bit about the coverage and why it seems like some candidates have more time than others. Viewers always think when a candidate is visiting a location that local news is guaranteed an interview with that candidate. That is not always the case. This could be because of time constraints on their end or the candidate just may not want to talk to us. Other times they set it up where we will get a one on one Interview. We work hard to cover all of their events in the local area. We want our viewers to know as much as possible about the candidates they are voting for. Coverage is never In support of one candidate or the other. It’s just sometimes we weren’t even offered an interview or only get a single question or a couple at most. Even when we know we won’t get an interview from the candidate we usually still cover the event and try to pull sound bites from what they said on stage. The pictures I have aren’t even from all of the candidates I’ve covered or helped cover. Gives you an idea sometimes we are in with the national news channels and sometimes we get our own interview.

If you want to see my second part on human trafficking.

Law enforcement goes over the signs of human trafficking Of the two types of human trafficking, it’s harder for law enforcement to identify labor trafficking.

Part 1 is on the web and part 2 will be online soon from my stories on human trafficking that ran this weekend.

‘There are not enough emergency shelters’ - Organizations working against human trafficking in Siouxland Organizations working to stop human trafficking.

Siouxland Filmmakers Club participate in 48 hour short film challenge The project officially started Friday at 6 p.m.

It was nice to be able to cover this and glad he had a happy birthday.

“I had a lot of victories in my life, but this probably has to go down as one of the best,”
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Check out my latest story! Was having computer issues all day, but was able to get this together.

Siouxland students learn the importance of trade skills at the “Build My Future” event Over 1,600 students from across Siouxland had the chance to learn about different job opportunities.