Memorial for Haiti quake victim Ben Larson in Decorah
Friends and family gathered at First Lutheran Church to honor Ben Larson a 2006 Luther College graduate who died in the Haiti earthquake and whose funeral featured Nordic Choir performances. Memorials support ELCA Disaster Response Haiti Wartburg Theological Seminary St Josephs Home for Boys and Eglise Lutherienne d Haiti.
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Soppespohue
Decorah
Ben Larson
Larson
Luther College
Haiti
Renee Spiichal Larson
Jonathan Larson
Wartburg Theological Seminary
Dubuque
Caribbean
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Renee
Jonathan
St. Joseph’s Home For
Ben
First Lutheran Church
Nordic Choir
ELCA
Eglise Lutherienne d
St. Joseph’s
Steve Jacobsen
First Lutheran
Craig Nesson
Cedar River flood coalition forms for prevention efforts
Rob Hogg notes the Cedar Riv er Watershed Coalition gathers 60 plus stakeholders at the UNI Center for Energy and Environmental Education to unite local groups. The plan emphasizes prevention, grants, and stricter flood plain rules to cut future flood damage along the Cedar River, with cost estimates of 400 to 500 million over a decade.
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Jon Ericson
Waterloo Courier
Cedar Falls
Rob Hogg
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River Watershed Coalition
Center For Energy and Environmental Education
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar River
Hogg
Iowa
Nest cam at Luther College boosts eagle research and teaching
Luther College hosts an eagle nest camera drawing up to 2000 daily viewers and aiding teachers and residents. The project reveals male incubation roles and stick rearrangement by the male, with infrared footage promising night hunting insights from Anderson who operates dozens of raptor cams. The effort ties to Rettig’s Nature documentaries and cam work for American Eagle and Raptor Force.
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Anderson
Upper
Midwest
Neil Rettig
Prairie du Chien
Wis
Public Broadcasting Service
Decorah Hatchery
Nature
Bob Anderson
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