Articles Tagged: Flood Recovery & Protection

The Rebuild Iowa Office announced new programs Wednesday that will help flood-affected businesses pay for damaged equipment and flood insurance …

The Rebuild Iowa Office announced new programs Wednesday that will help flood-affected businesses pay for damaged equipment and flood insurance …

By June 30, the City Council hopes to decide how it will spend millions of dollars in special federal disaster …

The First Street Parkade, which had been slated for demolition before the flood, will be coming down. The City Council …

The 4th of July fireworks in Cedar Rapids will return to familiar downtown surroundings this year. But thousands of spectators …

MOUNT VERNON – It destroyed property and swept decades of memories downstream, but the 2008 flood also tore apart neighbors. …

HIAWATHA – Forever is a mighty long time but Jan Axtell of Cedar Rapids said seeing trash pile up along …

Taube Excavation will start demolition of the 11 remaining buyout properties in unincorporated Linn County on Monday. The tentative demolition …

UPDATED: There’s a slim chance legislation will be introduced this year directing the Army Corps of Engineers to take another …

DES MOINES – Gov. Chet Culver’s campaign manager and former chief of staff said today a Republican-leaning watchdog group was …

They sank white crosses at the graves of demolished flood houses to make people think, not to offend and not …

Eastern Iowa Rep. Bruce Braley April 28 questioned FEMA’s practice of selling mobile homes after they were found unsafe for …

A $7.2-million dollar federal grant in 2008 put hundreds of flood-impacted and unemployed Eastern Iowans back on the job.  But …

The state ombudsman’s office may investigate Cedar Rapids’ management of funds raised through the local option sales tax for flood …

State and federal aid to Cedar Rapids and Linn County since the flood has topped $1 billion, according to information …