Stimulus flows through existing programs across Iowa
ProPublica and Recovery.gov map stimulus spending in Iowa with Linn and Johnson counties receiving hundreds per resident. Midamar in Cedar Rapids gained a 1.75 million SBA loan guarantee, while Kirkwood Community College saw Pell grants rise to 23.3 million for 7,182 students.
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Linn County
Journalism Consortium
ProPublica
Propublica.org
Iowa
Johnson County
Polk County
Story County
Iowa State University
Ed Pound
Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
Recovery.gov
Midamar
Cedar Rapids
Bill Rossey
SBA
Kirkwood Community College
Steve Ovel
Consultants praised for flood recovery help in county contract
County supervisors commend the consulting firm Al for handling flood recovery planning and budgets. The arrangement provides unlimited county calls and quarterly progress reviews at 285 per hour, with staff in Cedar Rapids and ongoing six week contracts. Officials say the firm has saved time and money by guiding architects engineers and paperwork through FEMA processes.
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Estenson
Cedar Rapids
Lu Barron
Rogers
FEMA
Brent Oleson
Iowa climate shift may boost rain runoff and wildlife habitat
A column notes that common three inch events yield over twice the runoff of two inches and that Iowa faces higher precipitation likely to continue. Studies predict a 21 percent rise in precipitation by 2040 could drive 50 percent more Upper Mississippi stream flow. The writer urges policies to convert cropland to native vegetation to slow runoff and improve upland bird habitat while continuing pheasant hunting and watching river gauges for wader-wetting opportunities. Contact Orlan Love for comments.
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Takle
Iowa
Mississippi River
Child heat deaths rise since mid-1990s warns safety agency
Government safety officials issued a consumer advisory urging parents not to leave children unattended in or near vehicles. Data compiled by Null show about 37 children die yearly from heat exhaustion in cars, with peak fatalities in July and a rising trend since the mid-1990s, totaling 463 deaths since 1998.
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Null
Author promotes trees role in fighting warming at UNI event
Ann Linnea, author of Keepers of the Trees, argued trees mitigate global warming during Trees Forever’s annual celebration at the University of Northern Iowa. About 150 people heard her keynote, noting trees as the lungs of the planet and highlighting 14 profile subjects including Shannon Ramsay of Trees Forever.
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Cindy Hadish
Gazette
Cedar Falls
Ann Linnea
Linnea
University of Northern Iowa
Minnesota
Washington State
al Gores
Iowa State University
Say's
Iowa
Illinois
UNI
Valerie Thorne
Parkersburg
Bonnie Donnelly
Alliant Energy
Roger Hunt
Trees Forever
Orlan Love
the Gazette
Two Die in Head-On Crash Near Knoxville Iowa
Two people died and two were injured in a head-on crash near Knoxville in Marion County. Curtis Temple II and David Burton died, both passengers in Jeremy Smith’s car. Smith and Amanda Bridgman were hospitalized with injuries.
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Knoxville
Marion County
Curtis James Temple II
Centerville
David Keith Burton
Exline
Jeremy Glenn Smith
Smith
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Amanda Ann Bridgman
Oskaloosa
Methodist Hospital
Des Moines Man Sentenced 10 Years in Guardsman Death
A Des Moines man received a 10 year prison term after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide in the hit and run death of Iowa Air National Guardsman Bruce Mundy. The plea deal secured his punishment.
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Orlando Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Mundy
Adel
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sabula
David Zabransky
Sheldon Woodhurst
Jackson County
Paul Macek
Zabransky
Woodhurst
Sioux City
Department of Corrections
Fred Scaletta
Timothy Sohler
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Sohler
Anamosa
Scaletta
Woodbury County
Iowa
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Orlan
Chantelle Austin
London
God's
Olin Community United Methodist Church
Olin
Liz Martin
Shannon Ramsay
Marion
Cindy
Hadish
Iowa Briefs
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Darnell Garrette Demery
Bruce Zager
Demery
Spencer Gann
Carla
Associated Press
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