Articles Tagged: Flood Recovery & Protection

DAVENPORT – The same kind of temporary sand barriers that helped save Cedar Rapids from calamity when the Cedar River …

IOWA CITY – For more than a decade, Assurance Property Management co-owner Tom Bender has watched as the Iowa River …

DES MOINES – The Iowa Senate joined the House in unanimously approving changes to give local governments more time to …

DES MOINES – Gov. Kim Reynolds and legislative leaders announced Monday a $15 million state funding package and advisory board …

GRINNELL – On the eve of Vice President Mike Pence touring western Iowa – where homes, businesses and farmlands have …

DES MOINES – After another visit to southwest Iowa, Gov. Kim Reynolds says the $1.6 billion presidential disaster declaration probably …

DES MOINES – Lawmakers say they stand ready – if called upon – to craft legislation that would provide state …

JOHNSTON – An Iowa Senate Republican leader slammed Democratic presidential hopefuls who ‘get their photo ops, then they go back …

MALVERN, Iowa, April 2 – The Black Hawk military helicopter flew over Iowa, giving a senior U.S. agriculture official and …

As communities in western Iowa continue to grapple with record flooding, Gov. Kim Reynolds visited Cedar Rapids on Thursday to …

DES MOINES – Iowans continued to assess spiraling flood damage Monday while keeping a wary eye on the skies and …

Spring flooding is causing problems for western Iowa animal feeding operations, with overflowing manure lagoons reported at eight northwest Iowa …

DES MOINES – President Donald Trump has granted a disaster declaration for 56 Iowa counties swamped by flooding. The presidential …

Background CEDAR RAPIDS – In the fall of 2016, the Cedar River reached flood levels second only to the historic …

High water and strong currents on the lower Mississippi River are squeezing barge traffic and driving up the cost of …