Buffalo Creek Dam in Iowa Faces Mitigation Efforts to Restore Habitat
The 53 mile Buffalo Creek dam near Fayette County and Anamosa disrupts fish passage and worsens water quality. Officials consider removal or rock arch options while targeting 60,000 of 97,900 acres for conservation by 2015. Grants total 48 000 for study and design with state and federal support possible.
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Liz Martin
Gazette
Buffalo Creek
Coggon
Wapsipinicon River
Fayette County
Anamosa
Iowa
Coggan
Conservation Board
Goemaat
David Suchan
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Suchan
Nate Hoogeveen
Hoogeveen
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
HIV case reversed over lack of transmission intent
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Rhoades conviction unjust, saying no factual basis existed for intent to transmit HIV. Justice Wiggins noted medical advances show protected sex with an undetectable viral load does not meet intentional exposure criteria. The case returns to Black Hawk County for possible withdrawal of guilty plea.
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David Wiggins
Rhoades
Wiggins
Black Hawk County
Iowa
Terry Branstad
Christopher Clark
Lambda Legal
Tom Ferguson
Attorney General’s Office
Iowa Universities Chart Diversity Without Affirmative Action
Diversity at Iowa public universities has risen steadily with minority enrollment up across UI ISU and UNI through recruitment and regional outreach. Regents officials say admission decisions rely on the Regent Admission Index and not race based criteria, while broader state bans on affirmative action loom in other states.
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Arizona
California
Michigan
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Washington
Iowa
Board of Regent
Regent
Michael Barron
Board of Regents
Barron
UNI
Regents
United States
Iowa State
Darin Wohlgemuth
ISU
Wohlgemuth
Scott Ketelsen
Chicago
San Antonio
Ketelsen
Philip Kutzko
Kutzko
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