(Sibley)– A project to renovate and add on to the Osceola County Jail is being scaled back after costs came in higher than expected. Voters approved a $5 million bond issue for the project back in 2023. But Sheriff Kevin Wollmuth says the cost came in about $2 million over what they had planned for. He says that’s forced them to make some changes…
Wollmuth says there is a fine line, though…
Initial plans were to tear down the 1907 building and put a driveway for the courthouse there. But Wollmuth says that may have to wait now, due to lack of funds.
The project would put the entire jail on ground level. It would also include additional office space and storage. He says they still hope to start construction as early as this March, and have the project complete by the second or third quarter of 2026.
(Courtesy Community First Broadcasting station KIWA in Sheldon)
