Flood recovery home giveaway nets bidders and concerns
The city awards homes by score for disaster renovation. several bidders win multiple homes while nonprofits Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity and Block by Block receive numerous houses. Buyers must submit renovation plans within 21 days and start within 60 days, with sale to owner occupants within a year.
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Mallory St
10Th St
Jeff Capps
Cedar Valley Habitat For Humanity
Capps
Allen Connerly
Connerly Construction
Jim Sattler
Affordable Housing Network
Connerly
Kyle Skogman
Skogman Homes
C St
Eighth St
H Ave
Second St
Auto makers question proposed letter grades for cars
The report outlines a grading plan where the Ford F-150, Toyota Camry, and hybrid Camry qualify for C to B grades while Ferraris and a Mercedes Maybach 57 receive D-range scores. Spokeswoman Gloria Bergquist notes concerns that the system could influence sales as automakers question the rankings and engine variants shaping the ratings.
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America
Gloria Bergquist
The
Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
Public invites comments on new vehicle label plan
The article notes EPA and NHTSA proposals for updating fuel efficiency labels. Public comments are invited via email at epa.gov as plans compare miles per gallon, annual fuel costs, tailpipe emissions, and design changes. A final plan is due early 2011.
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Epa.gov
David Strickland
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Diabetes link to Agent Orange drives costly VA rule changes
The VA plans new rules costing about 42 billion dollars over ten years tying diabetes and other conditions to Agent Orange. Officials note the move follows a 1991 standard linking diseases to credible evidence, while critics allege the diabetes connection is weak.
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Congress
Victoria Anne Cassano
Veterans Health Administration
Vietnam
Jack Spey
Southeast Asia
Spey
Hurricane
Utah
Wright County Egg facilities cited for manure buildup and wildlife access
Officials at Wright County Egg report manure piles four to eight feet high at five locations and leakage through foundations at 13 spots. Wildlife enters through doors as birds fly in and out of two laying houses while feed bins are damaged. FDA deputy commissioner Michael Taylor notes these are significant deviations and the FDA plans nationwide inspections of the largest farms by year end. Hil landale Farms issued a similar statement.
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Wright County Egg
Wright County
FDA
Hillandale Farms
Michael Taylor
Iowa
Obama
FEMA Rejects 2.1 Million in Waste Agency Claims
FEMA says 2.1 million in disaster payment requests from the Cedar Rapids Linn County Solid Waste Agency are denied as covered by landfill tipping fees. The agency notes past payments of 115,963 for items now deemed duplicative and plans to appeal about 80,000. Cedar Rapids also appeals 36.4 million related to flood damaged city properties including the Sinclair plant and dam facilities.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar
Solid Waste Agency
Sinclair Meatpacking
Karmin McShane
FEMA
Waste Agency
McShane
Edmonston
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair
Quality Chef
Iowa
Ick.smith
Gazcomm.com
Linn County Solid Waste Agency
Des Moines Schools Remove Mobile Classrooms Over Mold
Des Moines students were relocated from mobile classrooms at River Woods Elementary and East High School after mold appeared last week. Officials attributed moisture from a rainy summer. mobile units stand about three feet off the ground allowing seepage into insulation and flooring. At East High four rooms were affected in three mobile classrooms, with testing underway.
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Des Moines
River Woods
East High School
Bill Good
Good
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Skogman
Jim Ernst
Four Oaks Family Services Agency
Ernst
Gazcomm
Cedar Valley “Abitat For Humanity
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J St
Waterloo
Park Lw
Invacare Tdx
First Ave
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