Owl Farm agri community breaks ground in Linn County
Groundbreaking kicks off the Owl Farm project creating a 120 housing unit first phase on 170 acres of county land straddling Mount Vernon Road and Dows Road. The $75 million mixed use plan by Chad Pelley’s Twenty40 Building Concepts includes agriculture elements, with the overall 485 acre site adjacent to Squaw Creek Park and Gardner Golf Course planned for conservation. Pelley predicts strong community reception and ongoing outreach as the development advances.
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Iowa couple who helped son flee to Jordan paroled early
Alfred Ali Younes and Lima Khairi Mohammad Younes, from Sutherland, Iowa, received five year sentences for aiding their son Ali Younes in escaping house arrest and fleeing to Jordan to avoid prosecution for an April 2022 attack on a University of Iowa campus victim. Lima Younes was released May 9 after seven months served, Alfred Younes on May 28 after five months. Ali Younes remains facing up to 60 years.
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record start for severe weather with 106 Iowa tornadoes
The Gazette reports 106 tornadoes have touched down across Iowa this year per the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center, more than twice the usual annual total. The NWS Quad Cities office has issued 262 severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings to start the year, a record. Rich Kinney warns the pattern may continue into summer with more severe weather ahead.
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