Some have taken to social media to criticize local leaders for the way they have spent tax dollars. So, why spend money on studies . Yesterday, ktivs tiffany lane asked local leaders that question. Not one of the major markets in the country, doesnt mean we cant use ideas from some of those bigger arenas here. The Tyson Events Center was awarded 68thousand dollars for a study to look at physical improvements, as well as, a review of concessions and programming. The cone park project had the most expensive study for fiscal thousand dollars. Parks and recreation director Matt Salvatore says that is because the study also included a preliminary design. We would have basically put together a rough idea of what we thought this project wouldhow it would have been done and we would have hired somebody to design and it wouldnt have given us the info up front, said Matt Salvatore, sioux city Parks Recreation director. Salvatore says without the study and design, they would have been going in bl
Rules of the road today, friday, december 11th, 2015. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And good morning, everyone. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Nice warm friday morning here in new york. Got to roll that footage again of a guy on a bicycle. When those gates are down, youre supposed to stop and he hits that train or that train hits him, one way or the other. Its amazing. The other Vantage Point even more disturbing. Whats amazing is that he walked away from that hopefulul a lot wiser. Well tell you where that happened and show you more of that in a little while. Lets start on a friday morning with our top story. Its ow new nbc news wall street journal poll shows the majority of americans disagree with Donald Trumps call to ban muslims from the country and it is a different story when you focus just on republican voters. Peter alexander takes a closer look at the numbers this reporter hi, matt,
Thursday on two charges of aiding in animal cruelty and four counts of contributing to the delinquency of a child, all misdemeanors. The case involves cell phone video that allegedly shows the graphic torture of a cat. Four stanton teenagers are also charged as juveniles in the case. Former wayne county attorney amy miller has been assigned as the special prosecutor. She says the case also involves the torture of a possum. Van pelt could face up to six years in prison if convicted on all six counts. Arraignment is set for december 22nd for van pelt and the juveniles. In addition to being a school board member, van pelt is also the former chief deputy of the Stanton County sheriffs department. Talk about getting hit when youre down. Strong winds have destroyed a pilger, Nebraska Church that was being rebuilt after last years devastating tornado. St. Johns Lutheran Church was hit by 60 mile an hour winds wednesday evening, bringing down the buildings north and south walls, its rafters an
Recreation director. Salvatore says without the study and design, they would have been going in blind into the project. City leaders say another reason studies are beneficial are because they allow parties, that arent affiliated with city, to make a neutral observation. In sioux city, tiffany lane, ktiv news 4. Other sioux city studies approved for fiscal year 2016 include community assessment, a bridgeport traffifistudy, campground site analysis, a trail study, the leeds floyd Corridor Study and the Neighborhood Housing study. And with plans for cone park underway the city is looking for more grants to fund the multimillion dollar project. The parks and recreation director says there is already twopointeight Million Dollars in private funding for the park. There is also 850thousand dollars from the city and county. Yesterday the parks and recreation director was in des moines to secure final funding for cone park. We applied for a 318,000 community attraction, tourism, iowa, said matt
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