• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Fires/Accidents/Disasters / Reynolds defends Guardsman who is emergency management chief

Reynolds defends Guardsman who is emergency management chief

July 18, 2011 By O. Kay Henderson

Lieutenant Governor Kim Reynolds is defending the man Governor Branstad asked to lead the Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management division.

In the past six months, Derek Hill has been out of the office for more than 40 days, as he took a vacation in Arizona and fulfilled his training requirements as a member of the National Guard.

“We’ve stressed over and over, complimented businesses and agencies for doing what they can to make sure that they meet the needs of our individuals that are serving in the National Guard,” Reynolds says. “And General Hill is no different.”

Reynolds says Hill has kept in constant electronic contact with the state’s emergency management team, sending email and taking cell phone calls while he’s been out of the office. The lieutenant governor recently toured flooded areas of western Iowa with one of the deputies in the emergency management division. 

“We went to Monona County. I visited the Highway 175 bridge and then down to Council Bluffs,” Reynolds says. “I actually heard nothing but praise from the individuals that I met with on the collaboration and the coordination that was being done.” 

The governor’s emergency management chief is both a lawyer and a career military man who transferred to the Iowa National Guard in 2003.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Military, Politics / Govt, Weather Tagged With: Legislature, Republican Party, Terry Branstad

Featured Stories

Iowa State Patrol tactical team leader killed in Grundy Center stand-off

Finalists chosen for the state’s top burger

Paintings by Clinton woman gain a following in Europe

Iowa deadline for individual income taxpayers moved to June 1

Dialing rules changing for two area codes in Iowa

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

New title sponsor for Des Moines Marathon

Iowa State adds Minnesota transfer

Cedar Rapids preparing for big return of sports events

Iowa Games returning with full slate of sports

Iowa’s Garza sweeps national awards

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC