Corridor offers lawn help in Cedar Rapids Helping Hands Program
The city lists volunteers and businesses for mowing and yard work through the Helping Hands Program. Sign up via phone or email at the Cedar Rapids city site. AmeriCorps and Community Corrections Improvement Association provide services to flood victims with elder or disabled residents prioritized. Call 319 286 5802 or 319 540 4810 for details.
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Community Corrections Improvement Association
Man Hospitalized After Chemical Exposure At UI Building
In Iowa City a man was found unconscious in a locked room with a strong chemical odor. UI police and fire crews arrived after a 5:38 a.m. call from the man’s wife. He was taken to US Hospitals and Clinics for treatment of nonlife threatening injuries after pouring diethyl ether from a five gallon container to a one gallon container.
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Demolition of Vinton Home Ties Loss to Safety Plans
Michele Rogers watches as her home at 201 E Third St in Vinton is razed after the city rules it structurally unsafe. Neighbors say the house was used by the homeless and heat registers were stolen, while the couple had invested years restoring it. FEMA will cover 90 percent of the demolition cost, with the state paying the rest. The Rogerses moved to a new SBA loan financed house finished in December.
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Michelle Rogers
Vinton
E. Third St
Rogers
Andy
Small Business Administration
Tom Lundvall
New
Third St
Michelle
Zach Rogers
Demolition Plans Move Forward For Flooded Homes
The Cedar River and Hinkle Creek flooding drive a buyout and asbestos removal effort. FEMA awarded the city 1.6 million to acquire and clear 16 flooded homes, with 15 more to go as part of a 2.1 million total project.
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FEMA
Cedar River
Hinkle Creek
Errors in HIN reports create confusion on swine flu cases
Iowa health officials retract initial H1N1 case counts after errors credited to counting negative tests. Yonathan Chin, a University of Iowa student, and Linn and Johnson counties faced revised tallies as officials correct the flood of reports.
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Iowa
Yenna Chin
Chin
University of Iowa
Coralville
Johnson County
Linn County
Linn
Don McCormick
Iowa Department of Public
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