Rumor and staged crises mark Cedar Rapids nuclear drill
The Duane Arnold Energy Center near Palo staged a simulated emergency as part of an annual exercise. Rumor handling was tested by inserting false information, including a 3 percent reactor meltdown and river water diversions, with federal observers critiquing the performance. Rand Fisher briefed Gov. Branstad, and a rule change may shift tests to every other year if proven capable.
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Duane Arnold Energy Center
Palo
Benton County Civil Defense
Horace Webb
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Benton
Webb
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
Cheri Thomas
Iowa
Cedar River
Pleasant Creek Lake
Rand Fisher
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Iowa Electric
IE Tower
Cedar Rapids
NRC
Crash on Blairs Ferry injures another driver
Carl Wismeier 25 of Monticello reported brake failure on Blairs Ferry Road near Center Point Road at 10 a.m. The car jumped the curb and hit a fire hydrant before backing into Donald Humphrey Sr. 58 of 1712 Arizona Ave NE. Humphrey treated and released at Mercy Hospital. Wismeier uninjured. Estimated vehicle damage $1000 each. No charges filed.
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Carl Wismeier
Monticello
Blairs Ferry
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Wismeier
Donald O. Humphrey Sr
Arizona Ave
Humphrey
Mercy Hospital
Crash kills Ames woman at intersection
Margaret Jeffries, 85, of Ames was killed Tuesday afternoon when her car ran a stop sign and collided with a dump truck driven by Brady Meldrem of Grinnell at an Ames intersection. Meldrem was not injured.
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Ames
Iowa
Margaret Jeffries
Jeffries
Brady Meldrem
Grinnell
Meldrem
Human services official miffed by Branstad forum invite
Myrna Langerud of the Iowa Council on Human Services criticizes the exclusion from Gov. Branstad’s upcoming Iowa Human Services Forum set for November 1 in Ames. An aide says a 25 member steering committee picked invitees, prioritizing corporate executives to discuss public private partnerships at ISU Scheman Center.
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Human Services
Branstad Forum
Judy Daubenmier
Des Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa Council On Human Services
Terry Branstad
Myrna Langerud
Langerud
Iowa Human Services Forum
Ames
Michael Reagen
Iown
Branstad
Myrna
Almo Hawkins
Hawkins
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