MISSOURI VALLEY, Iowa (AP) – The western Iowa city of Missouri Valley is looking annex dozens of parcels of land, including some where the city plans to build a new city hall and fire station. The Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil reports that the city is looking at annexing a portion of land east of the Harrison County town along U.S. Highway 30.

The area is mostly cropland, with some houses, and land owned by CHI Health that could be the site of a new hospital. It also includes land owned by the city were city hall and the station are planned. In all, City Clerk Rita Miller says, the proposed area includes 63 parcels of land.