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Spencer, IA launches ‘Recovery Resource Hub’ website to provide residents with the latest information
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Spencer residents begin picking up the pieces after flooding destroyed many homes
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Almost 300 seismic braces weren’t installed at new jail, plunging completion into doubt again
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Nebraska nonprofit spends holiday preparing for flood cleanup in Spencer, Iowa
SPENCER, Iowa (WOWT) - Spencer resident Jon Muessigmann recalled when the Little Sioux River came out of its banks and inundated his town June 22. “It wasn’t just rising water,” Muessigmann said. “The water was with a vengeance. It has force behind it. It wasn’t just starting to come up. It had speed behind it.”
NCC Receives Grant To Streamline Process To Get Commercial Drivers License (CDL)
Sheldon, Iowa — Officials with Northwest Iowa Community College (NCC) in Sheldon tell us that NCC and ten other community colleges have received a grant from the State of Iowa of a combined $4.8 million, which will provide an opportunity to support CDL programs at these community colleges. Iowa...
Spencer is Holding a Recovery Resource Event at the Clay County fairgrounds
The city of Spencer is holding a recovery resource event at the Clay County Fairgrounds Tower Gate Pavilion. Resources available at this event include Iowa legal, Aid Iowa State University Extension Outreach, Care Connections of Northern Iowa, Season Center for Behavioral Health, Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Crisis Response Canines, Samaritans Purse and Billy Graham’s Chaplains, American Red Cross, Iowa Insurance Division, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, Iowa Workforce Development, Disaster Small Business Association, and FEMA disaster Recovery Services,
How Can Iowa’s Agriculture Adapt To Climate Threats?
Climate change is having a profound effect on agriculture. Farmers over the past decade have faced intensifying drought and heat stress on crops, leading many to wonder, what will agriculture look like 50 years from now?. In May, at SciFri Live at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, Ira Flatow...
Monaghan pleads to probation violation
PRIMGHAR—After pleading guilty to probation violations, charges have been dismissed against one of two men arrested at gunpoint following a 20-minute-plus standoff in May in Sheldon. The arrests of 42-year-old Michael Patrick Monaghan and 64-year-old Douglas Paul Kooistra stemmed from an officer recognizing Monaghan inside the front door of...
Forecast: Storm Chances This Weekend
Storms will continue to move out of northern Iowa into northeast Iowa this evening, and we’ll get a break from the rain until Friday afternoon. There will still be enough cold air aloft late Friday afternoon into the early evening to kick off a few isolated storms. Don’t cancel outdoor plans for these… if you […]
Eastern Iowans share why they love the USA
LINN COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Even though there was a little bit of rain throughout the afternoon, it wasn’t enough to dampen the spirits of festivalgoers in Eastern Iowa. With Independence Day celebrations all across the state, many Iowans are using these festivals as an opportunity to reflect on what makes the holiday special for them.
‘We are here with that insecurity’: Mixed-status families weigh leaving Iowa
WATERLOO, Iowa — Having spent more than half her life in Waterloo, Iowa, she has built a life here. It’s where she met her husband and where her only daughter, who wants to become a sonographer, was born. That’s why, after a day’s work at an area meatpacking...
Iowa's regional airport project on hold as airport officials haven't purchased land needed
PELLA, Iowa — A massive project to build a new regional airport in Iowa is now on hold. The plan to build the airport between Pella and Oskaloosa has been in the works for more than a decade. Airport board officials voted to pause the project because they hadn't...
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