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another change aware of.. on monday..the southbound.floy d boulevard off ramp will be temporarily closed. that s happening from 9 a-m until 3 p-m. live in studio deborah souverain abc 9 news tim: the river front area...located just off i-29 in downtown sioux city is going to be e getting a makeover of its own. for now, city leaders are looking ways to liven the area up.by adding new attractions at the site of the former argosy casino river boat. construction could some day be home to a for all ages. we re looking at overlooks, trailhead, fishing piers, sports courts, water play pad.we have lots of ideas but we want to get public input and we want to get it professionally designed, said matt salvatore, sioux city parks & recreations director. the parks and recreation department hopes to conduct a study that will whwh type of cacabest accomodatete city council could apprpre that plan onononday. tim: injury in a fire. sioux city fire to a structure fire o morningside in ....
finding a solution sooner than later. abc9 reporter allison n rren met with supervisis jeremy taylor today and she has more his plan. allison: other than for a once a month, weekend program for non-violent offenders. the prairie hills work release facility hasn t been used in weeks. jeremy taylor tells me that having the facility is a waste of taxpayer dollars and he thinks he has a better solution. allison warren, abc9 news a long term facility study of the prairie hills work release facility is again getting the building some attention. this building is in need of w electrical system, new boilers, a domestic hot water system and a variety of upgrades to the point wherer structurally and for the long term we re questioning whether it s really worth keepepg this facility in use. allison warren, abc9 news and before those repairs are made, taxpayers are already spending a pretty penny on prairie hills. jeremy taylor, it ll cost us over 1.2 million dollars over the n ....
decision of legalizing medical and recreational marijuana in the hands of their citizens. tomorrow the tribe will hold a referendum to see what people think. the people will be voting upon three different memos including medical usage of marijuana, recreational usage of the drug, and growing industrial hemp on the reservation. some citizens believe it will be a positive thing for the community and will bring in more money for the reservation. if it s going to create some jobs and provide the tribe with some revenue, which we need, then i m all for it, said citizen barry w. the memo does not allow tribes to legalize marijuana, but it does allow them to work wiwi local us attorneys to do so if they chose. the attorney general s native amercan issues subcomittee has reviewed the memorandum from the deputy attorney general in 2013 and has since been considering the impact marijuana has on indian country. rachel: the nebraska general work closely with the us attorney s off ....
rachel ramos, abc9. jenna mike hammond.one of the co-founders of gateway computer company and a sioux city native has died. hammond passed away at his sioux city home thursday. he was 53 years old. hammond co- founded gateway...in1985..i n a sioux city farmhouse. the company later moved to a spotted cow building in sioux city. those who worked him say he had a huge personality..that helped shape the image of the company. he had incredible loyalty among the gateway employees and i know all of them really mourn his loss, he was tooyoung, but the legacy he left on gateway is permament, said jim wharton, friend of mike. gateway became an major success..by shipping computers success..by shipping computers straight to customers in boxes with a spotted-cow design. tonight at ten we ll have more on mike hammond.and his legacy..and we ll hear from his friends who are coming toegether tonight to honor him. tim: donald trump is set to officially nenehampshire s republican presid ....
reporting live, lukas voss abc9 jenna: yet on what might fire. the family is getting some help from the red cross as far as a the time being. tim: if the developers pipeline need to use eminant domain to secure project, it s apparently ok with iowa governor terry branstad. that project, also known as the dakota access pipeline.. is upsetting several who s land is needed for the pipeline across the state. eminant domaine allows the state to take private property for public use with financial payment to the land owner. brandstad says that they re not taking the land away. they re simply using the land and putting pipeline under it. and that iowa has many different types that go through the state. i think eminant doman should be think there are times that it may be appropriate, so dont statement that eminant domain should never be the governor added that he thinks its best for the iowa utilites board to decide if its necasary to use eminant domain. and the laws that are ....