IOWA CITY — Rest was illusive in those muggy June days of 2008 when incessant rain defeated riverbanks and swelling …
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Vanessa Miller Education Jun. 10, 2018 2:00 am2777d ago
IOWA CITY — Rest was illusive in those muggy June days of 2008 when incessant rain defeated riverbanks and swelling …
Erin Jordan Weather Jun. 10, 2018 2:00 am2777d ago
A gauge measuring the volume and level of the Turkey River at Spillville is so important to managing flooding in …
News Jun. 12, 2018 11:39 am2775d ago
The historic flood of 2008, when the Cedar River crested June 13 at a record 31.12 feet, was the worst …
Community Jun. 10, 2018 2:00 am2777d ago
CORALVILLE — When she saw the looks on the faces of those coming back to City Hall from the sandbagged …
Weather Jun. 10, 2018 2:00 am2777d ago
Dennis Harper loves to be asked if Iowa is better prepared for next major flood than it was in 2008. …
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Weather Jun. 10, 2018 2:00 am2777d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — With 20-20 hindsight, former Linn County Supervisor Linda Langston said, the 2008 flood proved the adage of …
Community Jun. 10, 2018 2:02 pm2777d ago
Gail Naughton squeezed six mannequins into her car when she finally left the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library …
Community Jun. 10, 2018 2:02 pm2777d ago
Marcellis Gillis, a 7-year-old second-grader at the time of the 2008 flood, was one of the students immortalized in his …
Community Jun. 10, 2018 2:02 pm2777d ago
By 3 a.m. June 12, 2008, Jim Steinfadt had been working to keep the Penford Products plant, near the 12th …
Community Jun. 10, 2018 2:00 am2777d ago
Two other communities upriver from Cedar Rapids — Palo in Linn County and Vinton in Benton County — suffered heavy …
Community Aug. 9, 2022 1:26 pm1256d ago
IOWA CITY — The 2008 flood has forever changed the landscape of Iowa City. Dubuque Street is being elevated, the …
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Community Jun. 10, 2018 2:00 am2777d ago
The following events will recognize the 10-year anniversary of the 2008 flood: Flood of Ideas When: Friday, June 8, …
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CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids doctor and kayaking enthusiast, thinks it’s time Cedar Rapids considered a whitewater park in …
Community Jun. 10, 2018 2:03 pm2777d ago
Alan Lawrence had been the principal timpanist for the Cedar Rapids Symphony for 11 years before his instruments — heavy …
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