Utilities face huge storm repair costs across Iowa region
East Central Iowa Rural Electric Cooperative plans 1000 miles of replacements after an eight hour ice storm that damaged lines built in the 1940s and 1950s. Linn REC reports 850000 dollars in repairs and outages affecting over half its customers amid a broader Iowa cleanup. Alliant Energy incurs about 44 million in repairs with no immediate rate relief, while MidAmerican and others keep rate freezes or current costs. Undergrounding projects rise as costs per mile surge, with continued emphasis on long term resilience.
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MidAmerican Energy
Alan Arliss
MidAmerican
Iowa Utilities Board
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Flood insurance cost savings with updated flood plain maps
Cedar Rapids planners update flood maps as FEMA accredits levees for a 100-year flood. The revised Cedar River map shows earlier levee protections insufficient, prompting insurance considerations for downstream property owners. Buying now may lock in lower rates before final adoption.
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Earthpark eyeing 2011 opening near Des Moines site
Earthpark announced with eBay Giving Works a plan to open on Earth Day 2011 on a 240 acre Lake Red Rock site about 35 miles southeast of Des Moines. The project expects 800,000 visitors annually and a 140 million dollar economic impact, with 25 million still needed from Pella and funds to be raised via motel tax and other sources.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
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Pella
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Study finds thimerosal exposure not linked to brain issues
Research on 1,047 children from four health plans shows no consistent link between prenatal or early childhood thimerosal exposure and speech, language, motor, or IQ problems. An observed association with tic disorders in boys warrants further study.
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CDC
Michael Goldstein
Craig to stay in Senate for now amid plea withdrawal bid
Senator Larry Craig will remain in office while a Minnesota judge weighs his motion to withdraw a guilty plea from the June 11 Minneapolis airport incident. The decision is expected next month, with Craig facing pressure from Republican leaders to resign.
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Larry Craig
Minnesota
Idaho
Minneapolis
Craig
Senate
Mitch McConnell
U.S. Senate
Jena Six case moves to juvenile court ruling
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco said the prosecutor chose not to challenge an appellate ruling sending one case to juvenile court. LaSalle Parish District Attorney Reed Walters had vowed to appeal the decision that 17 year old Mychal Bell’s second degree battery conviction be set aside and that he could not be tried as an adult.
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Louisiana
Kathleen Blanco
LaSalle Parish
Reed Walters
Mychal Bell
Bell
Charge filed against witness in Jeffs trial
Prosecutors filed a rape charge against Allen Glade Steed the ex husband whose marriage to a 14 year old first cousin was central to Warren Jeffs rape trial Steed testified he did not force himself on the girl and said she initiated their first sexual encounter.
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Warren Jeffs
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Jeffs
Steed
Rotten meat spill closes part of road
A Griffin Industries truck carrying rotten meat crashed on Interstate 471 in Southgate Kentucky. The collision with a car left a foul spill across the highway, closing the road for much of the day. Police spokesman Sam Hodge described the scene as atrocious.
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Sam Hodge
Hodge
Griffin Industries
Harvard Student Granted Extra Break to Pump Milk During Exam
A Massachusetts appeals court judge ruled that Sophie Currier must be allowed additional break time beyond 45 minutes during her nine hour medical licensing exam to pump breast milk for her 4 month old daughter. Currier sued after the National Board of Medical Examiners denied her request.
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Harvard
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Sophie Currier
National Board of Medical Examiners
House approves stopgap funding to prevent government shutdown
The House passed a 404 to 14 stopgap bill extending funding through mid November to avert a government shutdown. It funds Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as lawmakers race to avert a budget cliff with Senate delays and stalled negotiations.
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