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Mason City prepares again for flooding

by Radio Iowa Contributor 03/11/10 3:15 PM
Mason City water plant ready for flooding.

Mason City’s water treatment plant is being ringed with sandbags as the Winnebago River is expected to rise to at least ten-and-a-half feet by the weekend, three-and-a-half feet above flood stage. City Administrator Brent Trout says they decided several days ago to prepare to take action based on the flood forecast.
“We started last week looking [...]

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Cedar Rapids council to meet outside city until flood repairs completed

by Pat Curtis 03/9/10 12:33 PM

The flood of 2008 is forcing the Cedar Rapids city council to move its meetings outside city limits. Starting today, council members will hold their meetings in the suburb of Hiawatha. Before the flood, the council met in the Veterans’ Memorial Building – which sits on an island in the Cedar River and was severely [...]

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Flood warnings out with rain expected

by Dar Danielson 03/9/10 9:03 AM

The National Weather Service has issued minor to major flood warnings across the state as rainfall is expected to move through Iowa today. Rob Deroy of the National Weather Service says this system could bring in as much as one inch of rain. He says add that to melting snow and then more is expected [...]

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Shopping center roof in Mason City collapses

by Radio Iowa Contributor 03/8/10 11:34 AM

A main portion of the Southport Shopping Center in Mason City collapsed Sunday, likely due to a combination of heavy snow and rain. The building used to house Target and Hobby Lobby and appears to be a total loss. Southport leasing manager Lyle Holmgaard says people passing by before 6 A.M. Sunday first noticed the [...]

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Train derails near Jefferson

by Radio Iowa Contributor 03/8/10 11:33 AM

Clean up is underway in western Iowa’s Greene County following a train derailment Sunday night. The Greene County Sheriff’s Departments says about 37 of 140 Union Pacific rail cars left the tracks at around nine p.m. Sunday, five miles west of Jefferson.
Sheriff Tom Heater says the train was traveling east when the middle group of [...]

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Boys help deputy off of thin ice

by Radio Iowa Contributor 03/6/10 9:35 AM

A sheriff’s deputy in southeast Iowa is grateful that a group of boys were nearby when he found himself in a life-threatening situation this week. Washington County Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Hamilton was called last Sunday to check out a busted-open safe which was sitting on the icy English River.
Three boys were there watching Hamilton as [...]

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Earthquake detection technology moving into Iowa

by Radio Iowa Contributor 03/5/10 11:38 AM

New technology will soon be coming to Iowa that might help scientists forecast earthquakes. Raymond Anderson, a research geologist with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, says they’re especially interested in learning more about little-known fault lines, like the one that likely caused the unusual earthquake near Chicago in February.
“No one really knows exactly why [...]

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