City backs 15 million Smulekoff's building revamp plan
Cedar Rapids council approves negotiating an agreement with Steve Emerson to buy and redevelop the five story Smulekoff's Home Store building built in 1904. The Knutson Building demolition decision is delayed pending Historic Preservation Committee input as officials seek a clear path for redevelopment.
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Higher Education Engineers blend art and engineering at Iowa
Vanessa Miller reports that Mike Bauerly a designer for Amazon Lab 126 blends industrial and studio training from the University of Iowa to create the Fire TV. His wife Kristi holds both engineering and art training and works as a human factors engineer in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Texans face flood disaster after storms hit Texas and Oklahoma
Dozens are killed and many more missing as overnight storms flood homes across Texas and Oklahoma. In Houston's Meyerland area Jeff and Diane Tucker describe flood defenses failing as a foot of water inundates their elevated two story home, destroying possessions and a generator.
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Vilsack pledges aid as bird flu hits Iowa farms
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, an ex-Iowa governor, said federal help of about 150 million dollars is coming to farmers. He called the bird flu outbreak in Iowa challenging and ongoing, noting 66 Iowa cases and 25 million plus birds affected nationwide across nearly 200 sites.
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