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Nebraska city protects against Iowa sex offenders (WHO-TV Des Moines)
DES MOINES, Iowa A Nebraska city is sending a strong message for sex offenders in Iowa to stay away. The Sioux City City Council passed an ordinance matching a Iowa law that restricts sex offenders from living close to schools and libraries.

Nebraska city aims to thwart Iowa sex offenders (The Des Moines Register)
To prevent sex offenders from moving across the border, South Sioux City has adopted an ordinance that mirrors Iowa law.

Migration of Iowa sex offenders worries Nebraska town (Sioux City Journal)
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (AP) -- Officials in this eastern Nebraska town are worried that sex offenders in Iowa might move across the river to escape a new law that restricts where they can live.

Doyle announces team to find lost sex offenders (Gazette Extra Sports)
MADISON, Wis. - A team of retired detectives will try to hunt down more than 1,300 sex offenders whose whereabouts have been lost by the state, Gov. Jim Doyle announced Tuesday.

New law forces sex offenders to new areas (Sioux City Journal)
In the battle between the Iowa Legislature and the state's sex offenders the boundaries have been drawn at 2,000 feet. Authorities are mapping out where the offenders can't live, and those men and women are finding out their residential choices are restricted.

East Alabama Evacuee Sex Offenders Urged To Register In Alabama (WTVM 9)
One Chambers County official is calling for displaced sex offenders to register, or face the consequences. Sheriff Sid Lockhart said Hurricane Katrina evacuees who are registered in other states must let Alabama officials know they're here.

Three Level 3 sex offenders register to live at new addresses (Tacoma News Tribune)
Three convicted sex offenders have registered to live in Tacoma, police said.

Police Crack Down On Sex Offenders (NBC4 Washington, D.C.)
Officials in Northern Va., form a special police unit dedicated to tracking down sex offenders. Video

Judge: Probation officers can't order treatment for S.C. sex offenders (Myrtle Beach Online)
CHARLESTON - State probation officials may not require convicted sex offenders to get treatment without a court order, a state judge ruled in a decision that could affect dozens of cases in South Carolina.

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