by Matt Kelley | May 31, 2011 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Some residents of northwest Iowa are preparing for the worst flooding along the Missouri River in nearly 60 years. The Army Corps of Engineers plans to relieve pressure on reservoirs swollen by heavy rains and winter storm melt from Montana and the Dakotas. The...
by Dar Danielson | May 31, 2011 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Politics & Government
The Rebuild Iowa Office (RIO) unveils a documentary about the 2008 floods and tornadoes Wednesday night at the State Historical Building. RIO spokesperson, Julie Probasco-Sowers, says its called “Lessons Learned: The Iowa Disasters of 2008.”...
by O. Kay Henderson | May 31, 2011 | Business, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Outdoors, Politics & Government
A new survey of Iowa seniors shows strong opposition to a bill pending in the Iowa Senate that’s related to nuclear power. The survey was commissioned by the AARP and targeted 400 likely voters over the age of 50. Seventy-two percent said they’re opposed...
by O. Kay Henderson | May 31, 2011 | Business, Politics & Government
Governor Terry Branstad says a program that distributes state grants and loans to businesses which promise to locate or expand in Iowa will survive. Republicans in the Iowa House had voted to shut-down what has been known as the Grow Iowa Values Fund, criticizing it...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | May 31, 2011 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters
Windy weather is great for flying kites but not so much for flying planes. High winds are blamed for a minor airplane crash at the Sully Airport on Monday morning around 9. Winds pushed the plane off the runway during takeoff. It hit a tree. The pilot and his teenage...