City Hall OK After Flood Damage Not Major Structural Problems
City officials assess Veterans Memorial Building after historic flood. Basements and mezzanine flooded, electrical system undermined, interior walls knocked down, but Welch says steel frame shows no major structural damage. Return debated. cost and federal aid unknown. basement likely unused.
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Welch
Kay Halloran
May’s Island
City Hall
Brian Fagan
Veterans Memorial
City seeks federal state aid for flood money and buyouts
Cost City officials lobby for federal and state help to fund flood mitigation and potential buyouts for damaged homes. The council shifted from buyout talks to urging permits for repairs outside the 100 year flood plain while noting no buyout money will arrive for a year or more.
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Casey Drew
Iowa
Prosser
Chuck Wieneke
Wieneke
Jerry McGrane
Jim Ernst
Four Oaks
Affordable Housing Network
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Salmonella outbreak widens to peppers as tomatoes blamed
More than 1,000 people fall ill in the worst foodborne outbreak in years linked to raw tomatoes. The CDC urges high risk groups to avoid raw jalapeno and serrano peppers while investigators focus on tomatoes from suspect areas.
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Washington
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Green building growth boosts LEED projects across Iowa and beyond
The U S Green Building Council promotes LEED as the leading sustainable design standard with 71 platinum certified buildings nationwide none in Iowa. Iowa cities like Cedar Rapids and Iowa City leverage green design for tax incentives and future savings while local libraries and counties pursue LEED or similar eco-friendly upgrades.
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U.S. Green Building Council
Iowa
Alliant Energy
MidAmerican Energy
Ashley Katz
Green Building Council
Johnson County
State of
Linn County “Green Committee
Board of Supervisors
Mike Goldberg
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Tom Podzimek
Washington
Patrick Finney
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