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One phase of derecho clean up coming to a close in Cedar Rapids

January 13, 2021 By Matt Kelley

Debris is still being picked up from curbsides in Cedar Rapids more than five months after the derecho swept across the state. Iowa's second-largest city was hit with the worst of the powerful storm's 140-mile-an-hour winds. Taylor Burgin, Cedar Rapids' construction engineering program manager, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News Tagged With: Derecho

Fire damage to Riverfront Stadium electrical system will cost Waterloo thousands

January 13, 2021 By Radio Iowa Contributor

The city of Waterloo is facing a bill that is likely to exceed $50,000 to restore electricity to Riverfront Stadium following an electrical fire on January 4th. Waterloo Leisure Services Director Paul Huting says investigators don’t yet know what caused the fire -- or the exact amount of damage … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters, Sports Tagged With: Baseball

Final Cedar Rapids school damaged by the derecho preparing to open

January 11, 2021 By Radio Iowa Contributor

The final preparations are underway to allow Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids to re-open for the first time in nearly 10 months following damage from the derecho and remote learning for the pandemic. While all schools in the Cedar Rapids Community School District sustained derecho damage, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Education, Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News Tagged With: Derecho

Three die in crash during police chase in Clive

January 11, 2021 By Matt Kelley

A weekend police pursuit led to a crash in the Des Moines metro area that claimed several lives. Urbandale police got a call before 2 a.m. Sunday from a woman who saw someone ransacking her car. She ran outside and saw a car speed away carrying several young men. She got a license plate number … [Read more...]

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Missouri River runoff projected to be below normal

January 8, 2021 By Radio Iowa Contributor

After record flooding in parts of western Iowa in 2019, officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are predicting below-normal runoff into the Missouri River system during the year ahead. Kevin Grode, an engineer in the Corps' Omaha office, compared last year's runoff with this year’s … [Read more...]

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Some still waiting for derecho repairs to homes

January 8, 2021 By Radio Iowa Contributor

It's been almost five months since the derecho blasted across Iowa, causing more than one-and-a-half billion dollars damage, and some houses are still draped in tarps due to mangled roofs. Cedar Rapids caught the worst of the storm, where resident Olivia Mikarovski says she's struggled to find … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News Tagged With: Derecho

Crescent man dead in Pottawattamie County accident

January 5, 2021 By Radio Iowa Contributor

One person died in a single-vehicle accident Monday night in southwestern Iowa. The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office said the accident happened south of Crescent at around 6:15-p.m. When law enforcement and Crescent Fire arrived on the scene at Old Lincoln Highway and Sharon Drive, they … [Read more...]

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Home explosion in Washington, Iowa, heard miles away

January 4, 2021 By O. Kay Henderson

Investigators are trying to determine what caused an explosion at a home in Washington, Iowa early this morning. Officials say at least two people were hurt, but their injuries aren't life-threatening. The explosion happened just after 4 a.m. and it was heard by Washington, Iowa, firefighters who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News

One person found dead in Mediapolis fire

January 4, 2021 By O. Kay Henderson

One person was found dead inside a house that burned in southeast Iowa on Sunday. According to a news release from the Des Moines County Sheriff's Office, the home in Mediapolis was fully engulfed in flames when deputies arrived shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday. Authorities have not identified the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News

Study: Iowa kids are at greater risk of being hit by a train

December 31, 2020 By Matt Kelley

Iowa has one of the nation's worst rates of children being hit by trains, according to a study by a non-profit group that works to protect kids from preventable injuries. Nadji Kirby, senior program manager at Safe Kids Worldwide, says Iowa has the country's third-highest percentage of … [Read more...]

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