Privately Owned Dams Dominate Iowa Hydrology
The Gazette describes Iowa's 3,374 dams as largely privately owned with gravity dams like Troy Mills on the Wapsi and Lake Delhi's failure as a benchmark. It notes Troy Mills is a low hazard, seven-foot roller dam lacking Delhi’s floodgates, and that eighties of Iowa dams are gravity types.
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Iowa
Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Roy Mills
Harold Annis
Troy Mills
Wapsipinicon River
Annis
Delhi
Maquoketa River
Delhi Dam
Iowa Dam Ownership Totals From Army Corps Data
Data show dam ownership in Iowa with 1 531 private owners 1 695 local government 113 private owners 28 state government 7 public utilities 80 gravity dams and 3 295 earthen and rock fill structures. Ninety eight percent built since 1960 with totals from the Army Corps of Engineers National Inventory of Dams. Lake Delhi Dam included.
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State of Iowa
Army Corps of Engineers
Lake
Delhi Dam
Eastern Iowa flu outbreaks draw national health attention
The CDC cites two Eastern Iowa outbreaks as it urges doctors to watch for seasonal influenza. At University Hygienic Laboratory in Coralville, cases of H3N2 are under investigation to see if they match the vaccine strain. Four college athletes and nine children in a child care center fell ill in separate Eastern Iowa incidents.
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Cindy Hadish
Gazette
U.S
Pentella
Iowa
CDC
Tricia Kitzmann
Johnson County Public Health
Whole grain bread tops white in U S kitchens
The Chicago Tribune reports that whole grain sliced bread outsold soft white bread for the first time as health claims and visible grains drive consumer choices. Shoppers seek affordable options that deliver nutrition with taste, squeezing mid market loaves.
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U.S
Emily Bryson
York
Chicago Tribune
Sell or go Iowa Hawkeyes fans face sold out season
Iowa City fans weigh buying or selling season tickets as all seats at Kinnick Stadium are sold before the season. Derek Pre ss Nohr of Marion says tickets average about 60 dollars per game and he may help others pay, though he has not sold any yet.
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Iowa City
Iowa Hawkeyes
Derek —_PreSs
Nohr
Marion
Michigan
Kinnick Stadium
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