Iowa communities weigh off road vehicle rules and safety
Iowa lawmakers and local governments are adjusting to broader on road use of ATVs UTVs and dirt bikes amid rising registrations and fatalities. Data show UTVs up 47 percent from 2022 to 2024 with registrations growing across ATVs and dirtbikes. Local ordinances vary with Marion North Liberty Solon Hawkeye Vinton Tipton Mount Vernon Cedar Rapids and Iowa City adopting or restricting street use.
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Iowa
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Department of Natural Resources
Jessica Flatt
DNR
Marion
10Th Avenue
35Th Street
East Post Road
Oak Brook Drive
North Liberty
Solon
Hiawatha
Vinton
Tipton
Mount Vernon
Ally
Linn
Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Lee Hermiston
Flatt
Kleen
Iowa Off- Highway Vehicle Association
Utvs
Iowa Department of Transportation
Polaris Inc
Iowa Dot
Heat wave shatters records across U S as deaths rise
A persistent heat wave across the West and parts of the Pacific Northwest set new records with many locations above 110 degrees. Death Valley hit 128 with a motorcyclist dying and others hospitalized amid extreme heat. Officials issued an excessive heat warning for about 36 million people while East Coast temperatures exceeded 100 degrees under humid conditions.
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Los Angeles
U.S
Death Valley
National Weather Service
NWS
Bryan Jackson
West
Pacific Northwest
California
Redding
Phoenix
Death Valley National Park
Badwater Basin
Las Vegas
Mike Reynolds
Oregon
Salem
Weather Service
Baltimore
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