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Abbe Creek also to host events, create community

Iowa lawmakers look into ways to prevent rural ‘food deserts’

The Cedar Rapids City Council approved an agreement this week that will provide incentives for the redevelopment of the former downtown Wells Fargo building.

The mix, formerly sold as Aunt Jemima pancake mix, was sent to stores in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Utah and Wisconsin.

After nearly two decades of championing economic development — the last nine years as executive director of the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance — Doug Neumann plans to step down this year.

Improvements at Cedar Rapids’ Water Pollution Control Facility — nine years in the planning — will cost $318 million. That’s down $30 million from the original contract price because of negotiations with the contractor.

The highest potential for naturally occurring hydrogen is in the Midcontinent Rift system, which runs through central parts of the state. But what does this mean for clean energy?

Iowa’s nutrient reduction strategy was developed in 2013 as part of a larger, 12-state task force to address the growing size of the hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico by reducing nutrient levels in the Mississippi River Basin. It was last updated in 2017.