Flood control must be essential in government Hogg says
Iowa State Senator Rob Hogg told a Des Moines news conference that flood control is as essential as police and fire protection. He urged officials to present plans for prevention and recovery, promoting natural solutions like expanded floodplains wetlands restoration and native plantings. The Nature Conservancy backs research on hydrology and urges higher funding for conservation in the Cedar River basin.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Maquoketa River
Hogg
Nature Conservancy
Advocat
Mark Tercek
White Oak
Cedar River
Tercek
Iowa Cedar Basin
Lowa
Cedar River Basin
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Fungus risk along waterways linked to Iowa death
A central Iowa adult died from blastomycosis a fungus found in moist soil near rivers and woods. State epidemiologists say the death is under investigation and the disease is not reportable in Iowa. Dogs may signal human risk as they sniff soil in contaminated areas along the Mississippi Ohio and Great Lakes regions.
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Ie Gazette Lowa
Iowa
Patricia Quinlisk
Quinlisk
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Mississippi
Ohio
Great Lakes
Governor Creates Two Delhi Dam Task Forces
Governor Chet Culver forms a Lake Delhi dam task force to decide rebuilding viability and a technical panel to determine the dam failure cause. The groups will report by December and include state agency, county, and town officials.
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Delhi Dam
Des Moines
Chet Culver
Lake Delhi
State Department of Natural Resources
Dec
Culver
Bret Mills
State Department of Economic Development
Delaware
Jones
Jackson Counties
Monticello
Manchester
Hopkinton
Tom Harkin
Iowa
Man dies after car hits gas main near Fairbank
A passenger, Brad W. Higgins, 49, of Fairbank, died when a westbound car veered off Highway 281 and struck a natural gas main near Hawkeye Renewables. The driver, Corey A. Annis, 23, was hospitalized with injuries as the plant was evacuated and the gas line capped.
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Brad W. Higgins
Hawkeye
Iowa State Patrol
Corey A. Annis
Covenant Medical Center
Waterloo
Annis
Prp
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