Winter Road and Traffic Updates Expanding Online
State sites offer real time traffic and road condition updates with DOT plow locations and windshield images from about 400 trucks. Track a Plow will add camera installations to reach 600 by November. Residents can sign up for snow emergency alerts via city and icgov email and text services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cityofcr
Icgov. Org
Iowa DOT Eyes Expanded Blue and White Light Program
State officials plan to broaden the blue and white light program as winter prep ramps up. Winter operations chief Craig Bargfrede warns Oct 15 marks the official start of winter and notes Iowa averages 121,450 tons of salt and 21 million gallons of brine annually for about 9,400 miles of highway while hiring roughly 600 seasonal snow workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DOT
Edar Rapids
Bargfrede
Iowa
Health care sinkhole for disabled Iowa woman
Dan and Melissa Killinger face rising costs as Melissa's disability relies on ACA coverage. With a $647 monthly premium and a $6,075 in-network deductible, her plan ends and Medica may raise rates by about 57 percent in 2018. Dan calls it a sinkhole and they must decide next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan
Melissa Killinger
Melissa
Cedar Rapids
Minnesota
Medica
Iowa loses bid for Toyota Mazda 1.6 billion plant
The Gazette reports Iowa and Cedar Rapids are no longer considered for a 1.6 billion Toyota Mazda car plant. EDA spokesperson Kanan Kappelman says Iowa was eliminated as a contender and did not meet project parameters. The bid included Big Cedar Industrial Center in Cedar Rapids marketed by Alliant Energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Toyota
Mazda
Iowa Economic Development Authority
Kanan Kappelman
the Gazette
Big Cedar
Kappelman
Alliant Energy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stephen Mally
Iowa Department of Transportation District 6
Iowa Department OF Transportation
Iowa City
Mitchell Schmidt
Business 380
Infinity Skin Care
INFINITY skin care _y
Fifth Street
Coralville
Chelsea Keenan
Matthew Patane