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Wednesday Morning Read: Licensing fireworks vendors, Iowa-China trade mission, UI renovation projects planned
TODAY'S WEATHER — Mostly sunny, mild. High 72, low 53.
LICENSING FIREWORKS VENDORS — It's unlikely anyone will be selling fireworks in Iowa by Thursday — the first day it's legal under a new law — because the multistep licensing process still is being rolled out by the State Fire Marshal's Office. Read more: http://bit.ly/2rSs7qT
IOWA-CHINA TRADE MISSION — Gov. Kim Reynolds is planning a July reunion with her former boss, U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad — in China. Reynolds announced Tuesday she will be leading an all-Iowa agriculture trade mission to China July 19-28. Traveling with her will be officials from commodity groups representing Iowa's corn, soybean, pork, beef, egg, poultry, dairy and turkey industries — marking the first time all of Iowa's major farm groups have participated in a joint trade mission. Read more: http://bit.ly/2qyJRDH
UI RENOVATION PROJECTS PLANNED — Iowa's public universities are expecting to initiate more than $830 million in new capital projects in the coming budget year — including a long-awaited replacement of the University of Iowa's Museum of Art, destroyed in the 2008 flood, and upgrades to its iconic Field House. Read more: http://bit.ly/2rSuoCg
EMOTIONAL STATE TITLE FOR I.C. WEST — There were significantly more tears this time. With its fifth Class 2A boys' tennis state championship in six years, one might presume the Iowa City West celebrations could increasingly become mundane. Not this year. Not this day. Not this team. Read more: http://bit.ly/2raASLY
QUOTABLE — 'I feel very fortunate that they're able to give some assistance and that my house was chosen. It's just going to help those homeowners do that work that they can't or aren't able to do on their own and make them feel prouder of their homes. There is so much that I can't do that they can and I know it's going to make me feel really good about my house.' Edith Chase, on work being planned for her home as part of Matthew 25's Transform Week
Joe Zalesky has begun preparing to open a fireworks store in Marion, shown on Thursday, May 25, 2017. Zalesky had been moving consumer-grade fireworks in to the building on Wednesday when he said the state fire marshal, Marion Fire and Marion PD told him he had to remove the fireworks. License applications are not yet available but a new law allows sales of fireworks beginning June 1 by licensed retailers from permanent structures. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)
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