Clayton County to draft countywide hazard plan with $55000 FEMA grant
Clayton County officials will form a countywide hazard mitigation plan led by Emergency Management Director Joel Biggs. The plan will integrate individual community plans and requires FEMA Region VII approval in Kansas City before taking effect. Abby Cline notes it will supersede separate community plans. Battalion, now a standalone construction company, 322nd Engineer Company, prepares for deployment to Afghanistan after a Iraq year. The 160 member unit's send off is at 2 p.m. at Luther College Center for Faith and Life.
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FEMA
Kansas City
Cline
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Afghanistan
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Guttenberg seeks waiver to save park trees from removal
Guttenberg City Council asks Army Corps of Engineers for a waiver to keep about 50 trees in City Park from being removed due to levee vegetation bans. The council also awarded Waste Management of Prairie du Chien the city’s solid waste contract. rates for residents will rise modestly. In a separate case, 66 year old Dix faces arson and criminal mischief charges over a 2009 Des Moines County house fire. insurer claims and legal arguments are disputed.
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Army Corps of Engineers
City Park Corps
Prairie du Chien
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Barry Dykhuizen
Dix
Des Moines
Decorah Reserve Unit to Hold Send-off Ceremony
A send-off ceremony for Decorah's Army Reserve unit, formerly Company B of the 389th Engineering, is planned for January 14. The event marks the unit’s deployment from Decorah.
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389Th Engineering
Deliberations Start in Burlington Arson Trial
Jurors begin deliberations in the case of Kenneth Dix accused of setting fire to his Burlington home. A Des Moines district judge submitted the case to the jury, per the Burlington Hawk Eye report.
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Burlington Hawk Eye
Des Moines
Kenneth Dix
Woman accused of stealing from auto shop
A West Burlington woman, 39 year old Gidget Linkin, turned herself in on a first degree theft charge after an audit found about $39,000 missing from Carquest Auto Parts. Police say she falsified receipts and took funds. she has been released from jail.
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Audit finds 67000 misspent at Atlantic intelligence office
State audit shows nearly 67000 misspent at the Atlantic Region 4 Fusion Office tied to Homeland Security grants. Payments included a funeral home and a "Meat Xmas" item. office shut down amid accounting problems. Other offices remain active in Sioux City Waterloo Oelwein Des Moines and Blue Grass.
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Steve Green
Des Moines Register
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Region 4
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Waterloo
Oelwein
Blue Grass
Boone hunter shot during deer pursuit in Boone County
John Randy Roberts of Boone was wounded in the chest by a shotgun blast while deer hunting along the Des Moines River between Madrid and Luther. Austin McBirnie, 19, also of Boone, admitted firing at a running deer and struck Roberts. Roberts was life-threatening, then stabilized and flown to a hospital.
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Austin McBirnie
Des Moines
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