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 next ten years and that's just on utilities and ongoing maintenance. that doesn't seem to be a very good investment for taxpayers and so we need to lo

supervisor jeremy taylor estimates it would cost 1-point-2 million dollars to maintain the facility over the next 10 years. he says he's talked with several groups about closing prairie hills and expanding the law enforcement center in downtown sioux city by adding holding cells on the third floor. "studying whether or not the structural integrity can take the load limit or what we would want to put up there as far as the cell block spaces would be the first step," said jeremy taylor. the board discussed it, but took no action last night. on the way: patients at a sioux city hospital get a visit from the sioux city musketeers... and we've entered a stretch of cooler weather. meterologist ben dorenbach will be back with the full forecast. here's the live view from our skycam in spencer, iowa, where it's and degrees ben, it's a little bit cooler and a little bit cloudier. << quite a few clouds and a few showers off to our south and west might contribute to a few morning sprinkles today, but other than that conditions should remain dry. temperatures though will be quite a bit cooler with hi

much more viable space that would be long- term makes a lot of fiscal sense for tax payers," said jeremy taylor, woodbury county board of supervisors. the plan taylor suggested, would instead use those funds to add jail space at the law enforcement center, by converting a former recreational space. deputies say they agree something needs to be done with prarie hills. "we're not housing a lot of inmates out there; they don't fit the criteria and because of that it's a tremendous expense to keep that place open for four or five inmates out there," said greg stallman, major woodbury county sheriff's department. the next step would be to do a study...to determine if the law enforcement center can be expanded. and how the expansion would be paid for. the prarie hills building was built in 2000..to help with over- crowding at the jail. tim: a discussion over how eventual tax revenues from c-f industries should be used... turned into a bit of a debate. supervisor taylor is proposing the board set aside 50 percent of those dollars to help roll back property taxes in the county. it's an idea include in

supervisor jeremy taylor estimates $1.2 million is needed to maintain the facility ovov the next 10 years. adding that he's had preliminary discussions with various groups about an expansion of the law enforcement center, downtown. that expansion would look at converting an area on the third floor to additional holding cells. "studying whether or not the structural integrity can take the load limit or what we would wawa to put up there as far as the cell block spaces would be the first step," said jeremy taylor. the board has taken no action to move forward with any project. they say it's an option they could explore based on results of additional research. prairie hills remains open. more construction zones could d on the w on morningside avenue. the sioux city city council held a meeting at the morningside public library this afternoon. the meeting was for morningside residents as well as business owners to voice their opinions on a new project to revamp the stretch of morningside avenue from south royce to south nicollet street. there e s been mixed feedback from morningside residents.

much more viable space that would be long- term makes a lot of fiscal sense for tax payers," said jeremy taylor, woodbury county board of supervisors. jessica rae: the plan taylor suggested would instead use those funds to add jail space at the law enforcement center... by converting a former recreational space. deputies say they agree something needs to be done with prarie hills. "we're not housing a lot of inmates out there; they don't fit the criteria and because of that it's a tremendous expense to keep that place open for four or five inmates out there," said greg stallman, major woodbury county sheriff's department. jessica rae: the next step would be to do a study... to determine if the law enforcement center can be expanded. and how the expansion would be paid for. the prarie hills building was built in 2000... to help with over-crowding at the jail. jessica rae: a discussion over how eventual tax revenues from c-f industries should be used... turned into a bit of a debate, at last night's board of supervisors meeting supervisor taylor is proposing the board set aside 50 percent of thos

supervisor jeremy taylor estimates $1.2 million is needed to maintain the facility over the next 10 years. adding that he's had preliminary discussions with various groups about an expansion of the law enforcement center, downtown. that expansion would look at converting an area on the third floor to additional holding cells. "studying whether or not the structural integrity can take the load limit or what we would want to put up there as far as the cell block spaces would be the first step," said jeremy taylor. the board didn't take any action to move forward with any project. they say it's an option they could explore based on results of additional research. prairie hills remains open. more construction zones could be on the way on morningside avenue. the sioux city city council held a meeting at the morningside public library yesterday afternoon. the meeting was for morningside residents as well as business owners to voice their opinions on a new project to revamp the stretch of morningside avenue from south royce to south nicollet street. there has been mixed feedback from morningside

much more viable space that would be long- term makes a lot of fiscal sense for tax payers," said jeremy taylor, woodbury county board of supervisors. jessica rae: the plan taylor suggested would instead use those funds to add jail space at the law enforcement center... by converting a former recreational space. deputies say they agree something needs to be done with prarie hihis. jejeica let's check in with for the weather. matt: today we may have a few showers during the morning with increasing cloud cover. we'll have high temperatures today in the upper 60s. tomorrow, we'll see mostly cloudy skies and rain will come into the forecast primarily during the 2nd half of the day toward evening. we'll see the rain last through friday, but it should clear out in time for a great autumn weekend. with some isolated got to get back in time >>> you know the music, you know the car. there's that famous delorean from "back to the future" and look who is inside, t.j. holmes on "back to the future" day. we're celebrating all across the country, lots of big parties. >> do remember a few years ago we haha a

supervisors heard results on a lolo-term study ofofhe prarie hills work releasese facility supervisor jeremy taylor, who presented the report.... is recommending that the county shut down the old building, which is only used once a month. the study estimates it would cost upwards to 1-point-2 million dollars... just to maintain the building... over the next few "taking the money that otherwise would have been wasted at prarie ten years, that we've already established is over $1 million and more viable space that would be long- term makes a lototf fiscal sense for taxpayers," said jerere taylyl, woodbury county board of supervisors. the plan taylor suggested would funds to add jail enforcement center... by converting a former recreational space. deputies say they agree something needs to be done with prarie hills. lot of inmates out there; they don't fit the criteria and because of that it's a tremendous expense to keep that place open for four or five inmates out there," said greg stallman, major woodbury county sheriff's department. jessica rae: the next step would be to do a udy...to determrme if

taylor surprised his daughter too at her school. >> christa:, the latest star wars trailer is out. and fans can't get enough. we have it ahead in the buzz. >> jeremy: sweet. one last look at the forecast up next. this flu season... the way it did when rock was young. so we made fluzone high-dose vaccine... for people 65+. with a high high higher dose of antigen... it's significantly more effective than fluzone vaccine in preventing flu. fluzone high-dose vaccine is approved for people 65 and older. it's not for anyone who's had a severe allergic reaction to any vaccine component, including eggs, egg products, or to a prior dose of any flu vaccine. tell your doctor if you've ever had guillain-barr\ syndrome. side effects include pain swelling and redness at the injection site; muscle aches, fatigue, headache and fever. other side effects may occur. if you have other symptoms or problems following vaccination, call your doctor immediately. vaccination may not protect everyone. so, if you hopped around the clock, ask your doctor or pharmacist about fluzone high-dose. >> christa: we are back with breaking news. this is coming from 495 in lawrence. a b

taylor swift's "bad blood" music video. interesting. this was the first music video adele... ever to be shot ever to be shot in imax. she uses a flip-phone. retro. >> jeremy: my wife and daughter are a fan of her work. i'm not so much. don't tell them that, okay? boston right now at 51. very talented, though. for the afternoon, mostly sunny skies. temps today in the mid-50's. we are tracking rain on the way for tomorrow night. and the pumpkin-eater, pete bouchard, he is in today at 4:00. >> jadiann: all right, everyone. that will do it for news at noon. thank you for joining us. i'm jadiann thompson. >> christa: i'm christa delcamp. don't forget, 7 news returns at 4:00. here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you want 100 calories or less per serving without giving up rich flavor do what we do...make it progresso. this moment is perfect in every way just like my kid gooey...flaky...happy. toaster strudel.