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Letters: Infrastructure and flooding in Okoboji
Arnold Garson in an editorial about the flooding at Okoboji points out that Okoboji's flooding problem would be reduced if the bridge over 230th Ave by Milford Creek was bigger. If you agree that more infrastructure would reduce flooding, be sure to vote against Representative Randy Feenstra who once again...
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.”
TanTara Transportation Corp. bringing donations to Iowa flood victims
MUSCATINE, Iowa (KWQC) - On Saturday, June 22, 2024, rapid flooding in Spencer, Iowa, caused a near-total shutdown of city services as residents dealt with a disaster rarely seen in the area. Twenty-one counties in the state of Iowa are under a disaster declaration. More than a dozen rivers flooded in the northwest part of the state. By Sunday night, disaster declarations covered 25 Iowa counties.
Iowa Finance Authority Awards Grant to Rental Housing Project in Spirit Lake
(Des Moines)--The Iowa Finance Authority Board of Directors has awarded a total of more than $10.6 million in federal housing tax credits to 10 rental housing projects including one in Spirit Lake. Community Housing Initiatives has been awarded $660,000 in housing tax credits and will also be receiving about $953,000...
Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary Sewer System is Still at Capacity
Milford, IA (KICD) — The Iowa Great Lakes Sanitary Sewer system is still at capacity. CEO Steve Anderson says they’ve finally pinpointed a problem on the West and Northwest side of West Lake. Anderson is asking homeowners to prevent their flooded houses from emptying into the sanitary sewer.
Davenport’s Motor Row hosts ‘Flood the Neighborhood’ supply drive
DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Some of the Motor Row businesses in downtown Davenport are offering various discounts with a donation to help support towns like Spencer, Iowa that have also been impacted by flooding. It’s part of a campaign called “Flood the Neighborhood.”. Motor Row businesses are asking...
Spencer City Staff and First Responders Share Flood Stories
(Spencer, IA) — City staff in Spencer are sharing stories about the recent flood…. “We actually rescued a victim that was surrounded by water and hanging onto a fence post. The dispatchers were calling in and said that they could hear water and we had to get to her,” said Spencer Fire Chief Jesse Coulson.
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,
Temporary power swap to be permanent for Estherville, local REC
(Radio Iowa) – The power went out in most of Estherville on Saturday and City Administrator Penny Clayton says a temporary fix to get electricity flowing again is now permanent. “We worked with Iowa Lakes Electric Cooperative to install an emergency tie in…so that we could backfeed power into our system from theirs,” Clayton says. “That will stay in place and will be available when we need an emergency tie in with them or they need one with us.”
Iowa floods: Severe flooding destroys homes in Spencer, hundreds displaced
SPENCER, Iowa — The recovery process is under way in Spencer, a week and a half after the Little Sioux Riverflooded much of the town of about 11,000 in northwest Iowa. Mountains of debris have been dumped at the site next to the Clay County Fairgrounds. The ruined possessions piled high are a small illustration of what was lost.
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