DAVENPORT – The same kind of temporary sand barriers that helped save Cedar Rapids from calamity when the Cedar River …
Articles Tagged: Flood Recovery & Protection
Government & Politics Apr. 30, 2019 8:28 pm
IOWA CITY – For more than a decade, Assurance Property Management co-owner Tom Bender has watched as the Iowa River …
Government & Politics Apr. 26, 2019 8:16 pm
DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate joined the House in unanimously approving changes to give local governments more time to …
Government & Politics Apr. 15, 2019 9:17 pm
DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds and legislative leaders announced Monday a $15 million state funding package and advisory board …
Government & Politics Apr. 11, 2019 9:26 pm
GRINNELL – On the eve of Vice President Mike Pence touring western Iowa – where homes, businesses and farmlands have …
Government & Politics Apr. 9, 2019 7:26 pm
DES MOINES – After another visit to southwest Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds says the $1.6 billion presidential disaster declaration probably …
Government & Politics Apr. 8, 2019 8:18 pm
DES MOINES – Lawmakers say they stand ready – if called upon – to craft legislation that would provide state …
Government & Politics Apr. 5, 2019 6:01 pm
JOHNSTON – An Iowa Senate Republican leader slammed Democratic presidential hopefuls who ‘get their photo ops, then they go back …
Tom Polansek, Reuters
Business News Apr. 2, 2019 12:10 pm
MALVERN, Iowa, April 2 – The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and …
Government & Politics Mar. 28, 2019 10:49 pm
As communities in western Iowa continue to grapple with record flooding, Gov. Kim Reynolds visited Cedar Rapids on Thursday to …
Government & Politics Mar. 25, 2019 7:47 pm
DES MOINES – Iowans continued to assess spiraling flood damage Monday while keeping a wary eye on the skies and …
Crime and Courts Mar. 25, 2019 3:09 pm
Spring flooding is causing problems for western Iowa animal feeding operations, with overflowing manure lagoons reported at eight northwest Iowa …
State Government Mar. 23, 2019 5:32 pm
DES MOINES – President Donald Trump has granted a disaster declaration for 56 Iowa counties swamped by flooding. The presidential …
Crime and Courts Mar. 23, 2019 1:48 pm
Background CEDAR RAPIDS – In the fall of 2016, the Cedar River reached flood levels second only to the historic …
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Crime and Courts Mar. 23, 2019 11:07 am
High water and strong currents on the lower Mississippi River are squeezing barge traffic and driving up the cost of …