Iowa towns gain clean water as USDA funds project
The Central Iowa Water Association will deliver treated water to Quasqueton and Rowley after years of unreliable wells. Mayors Bossom and Knutson praise the project and residents describe past contamination and disputes while new customers sign up. The USDA Rural Development provides nearly 50 million dollars in loans and grants to 35 rural Iowa communities.
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Rita Knutson
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Knutson
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Nellie Berns
Lange
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Cheryl Cook
Usda Rural Development
Kristie Wildung
Buchanan County
Aurora
Delaware County
Dundee
Greeley
Wilding
Water Association
Iowa
Iowa lawmakers edge toward weekend adjournment on bonding package
Senate and House leaders expressed optimism for final adjournment this weekend as a $650 million bonding package and a $100 million academic revenue bonds for University of Iowa flood recovery moved toward final draft. Senator Gronstal and Speaker Murphy said a compromise emerged with details due by midafternoon.
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Council Bluffs
House
Pat Murphy
D-Dubuque
Senate
Gronstal
University of Iowa
Unknown Franklin letters uncovered in London archive
A UC San Diego professor discovers 47 unknown letters to and about Benjamin Franklin in the British Library. The finds relate to Franklin's dealings with Gen. Edward Braddock and the 1755 march to the Forks of the Ohio, copied by Thomas Birch.
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Edward Braddock
Potomac
Forks of the Ohio
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University of California At
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Maryland
Houston
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Royal Society
Birch
Braddock
Atlanta airport tower evacuated after lightning strike
A lightning event and ensuing power failure prompted evacuation of the Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta tower at 8:49 p.m. Flights bound for Atlanta were diverted and arrivals and departures suspended. Operations later resumed but a separate power outage halted traffic again requiring equipment restart.
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Atlanta
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
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Tion
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Bergen
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