"we anticipate a 4 to 5 million dollar economic impact every year," said gann. the 180-thousand square foot facility.. will be built on the site of the old stalk-yards. and is projected to cost between 11 and 14 million dollars to construct. "putting an ag expo here we would increase the number of venues we have in sioux city. we already have a lot of people coming to sioux city for all kinds of things," said marty dougherty, economic development director. the ag expo will feature...an equestrian center...indoor arena...retail spaces....and classes led by wit community college. it's part of a larger....three part project in downtown sioux city....that was chosen to receive part of an 8 million grant from the iowa economic development board. next, the project must secure a 2 million dollar pledge from woodbury county in order to become a reality. the 2 million dollar pledge from the city...will be distributed over a so far...one point-five million committed to the project from the if all goes as planned..the ag open for business beginning of 2017. deborah souvera

untapped giant that the elected potential and it the people who built farmer, the rancher," said dennis gann, ag expo bobod of directors. "it celebrates theirlifestyle and forms of entertrtnment and leararng." jessica rae: e agg expo....is between 11 and 14 construct. it will feature an equestrian indoor arena....retail spaces....and classes led by wit community the project must now receive a 2 million dollar pledge from the county before it can move forward. expect to see all five of sioux city's swimming pools summer big changes could be in the works. a pools committee meeting for after next cook and leeds closed and splash pads. the pools hear public comment on the the first week of december but a been set. director matt the plan could still be adjusted after that meeting. to see a complete breakout of what the committee has planned for all 5 pools just check this story on our web site, siouxland matters dot com jessica rae: power rates for norfolk city residents and businesses will no longer be going up here's paul hughes with more "the norfolk city council has upheld a decision by the c

dennis gann, a member of the ag expo and learning center board."if any of the support from any of the entities fail, the project cannot proceed, because no one entity can do it all themselves.woodbury counun is being asked to give two million dollars and missouri river historical development is being asked to add in a million.dennis believes the new expo would fit with the quality of life and economic development...what's more, it would attract hundreds of people, not only in our three-state area, but across the midwest."over 60 to 70 percent of attendeeeewill come from er a hundred d les away to come to this event. and it'll be a clientel different that those who go to concerts or go to wresing matches, that go to theaters."this affords us a lot of things we can't do like livestock shows, big farm shows, big horse shows."if all the funding is new expo could be up and running by 2017..standart out. 3 now the council *did* vote to approve donating that land at their meeting this evening. we'll have a recap of the council's decision tonight on siouxl

expo center bobrd member denn gann calls this project an "untapped giant economic resource." 3 "we're trying to develop a young community here. you have to have things for people to do. this is perfect for that. it provides a form of entertainment at isn't here bebere now. it also celeleates what people live here for because most everybody here's job depends on the ag industry." 3 the project has already secured1.5 million from the private sector. it could also receive some or all of an 8 million dollar grant awarded to sioux city by the state of iowa earlier this year.gann says the project won't impact sioux city tax payers, but mayor bob scott says otherwise. 3 "l"l's be honest, it's going to cost 2 million dollars and hopefully it won't cost us a subsidy down the road like other buildings m ight. i think that's what he's saying, after it's built, after the initial capital is out, we won't have any operating costs which i hope would be the case."the facility would host around one hundred and eightey to two hundrereevents per year ananserve as an educational facility for western iowa

petersburg from where the victims' holiday trip gann.hey will provide dna and other means of identification at a crisis center is that that is a memorial site for victim at least two dozen were children. finding all bodies and what happened is a painstaking task. the debris is scattered over an area covering eight square miles. a child's body was found some five miles of the main site of the wreckage. the site of the debris indicates a catastrophic event according to aviation experts. all signs prove that the structure of the plane disintegrated in the air at a high altitude russian transport agency head alexander noratko said. >> we have a track record of making claims that aren't right, so hard to say on the basis of their claim happened here. >> reporter: the final word is hopefully contained in the black box recorders which will be examined by experts from france russian and egypt and ireland where the plane was registered as well as representatives from the company airbus that manufactured it. the plane was given a clean bill of hea