Iowa City seeks federal flood funds for buyouts and infrastructure
A civic delegation from Iowa City will travel to Washington to press for federal flood relief. They seek funds for home buyouts, expand wastewater capacity at the south plant, replace Park Road Bridge, elevate Dubuque Street, and rail-bed work with Coralville. The group plans meetings with Grassley Harkin Loebsack and budgeting officials.
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Gregg Hennigan
the Gazette
Iowa City
Washington, D.C
Harkin
Rep
Dave Loebsack
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Chet Culver
David Miller
Iowa
Congress
Bailey
Park Road
Dubuque Street
Coralville
Highway 6
Lombardo
Gregg.hennigan
Gazcomm.com
Library Seeks Temporary Home as Flood Repairs Begin
Officials plan stabilization work at the Cedar Rapids library with August structural checks and a 12 to 15 month restoration timeline if sound. A designed temporary location in the former Big Lots building is being negotiated with OPN Architects and the Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation aiding funding.
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Levy
Detroit
Library Board
OPN
Big Lots
Cedar Rapids Public Library Foundation Board
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Iowa Education updates on immigration guidance for schools
The Iowa Department of Education posted guidance on immigration matters for schools. It notes schools do not have to disclose student names or addresses without a subpoena, and records lack immigration data. If a state agency with a lawful subpoena requests information, districts must comply. no family notice unless ordered.
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the Gazette
Iowa
ICE
Iowa Department of Education
Community drives school supplies for homeless youth
Cumulus Media teams with The Homeless Children's Trust to collect new school supplies via sponsor locations and station events through Aug. 10. Items delivered on Aug. 11 to Hawkeye Area Community Action Program for distribution to needy families.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cumulus Media
Homeless Children’s Trust
Boyson Road
Verizon Wireless
Collins Road
Williams Blvd
Cedar Rapids Kernels
KRQN
Collins Road Theatres
Pat McGrath
Chevyland
KHAK
Lebeda Mattress
Seventh Avenue
Marion
Rapids Kernels
Kdat
Collins Id Theatres
BP Fuels
Parents sought for drug survey in Cedar Rapids study
Linn County Partnership on Substance Abuse and Vernon Research Group seek local parents to participate in a study on youth substance abuse. The survey aims to gather information to help parents communicate with their children following natural disasters.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Partnership On
Vernon Research Group
Vernonresearch.com
Linn County
Susan Pfeifer-Todd
UNI professor studies grape family tree with NSF grant
University of Northern Iowa biology professor Jean Gerrath leads a three-member team in a 445000 NSF funded 36 month project with partners at the University of Florida and the Smithsonian Institution. The effort analyzes genetic and anatomical data to map grape family evolution and geographic history. Three UNI biology students support greenhouse work and lab analyses of Vitaceae plants.
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Gazette
Cedar Falls
University of Northern Iowa
Jean Gerrath
National Science Foundation
Gerrath
University of Florida
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C
UNI Biology
UNI
FEMA says flood victims data stolen in Iowa break-in
FEMA confirms a housing inspector's briefcase with personal data of about 90 flood applicants was stolen from a car in Cedar Rapids. No Social Security numbers were released. Applicants were notified by phone. one-year identity theft protection subscriptions were provided. The incident is labeled unauthorized release of private information.
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Cedar Rapids
Federal Emergency Management Agency
FEMA
Kcrg-Tv
Iowa
Vince Blank
Blank
Aspen Inn
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